For the most part, the following personal information has been
transcribed as written, but early
newspaper microfilms are often difficult to read. I have tried to
provide the information as
accurately as possible, but errors can still occur. Punctuation has
been changed occasionally for
clarity; where dates or other details seem to be in error, are missing
or just not legible, that has been
noted. Although every effort has been made to note each personal item
in a particular issue, some
may have been missed. Please consult the microfilm reel if you feel an
error has occurred.

Friday, Aug 1, 1862

Born: In Watertown, July
22, a son to E. and M.M. Bingham.
And also: Died in Watertown, July
24, an infant son of E. and M.M. Bingham.

Married: At the residence
of the bride’s mother, July 30, by Rev. Thomas Wickes, Ed. W.
Eaton,
Esq., to Miss Fannie R.N. Clogston,
all of this city.

Died: In Camp Pine Grove,
near Corinth, Miss., July 18th, of typhoid
fever, Sergeant Joseph M.
Corey of
Co. “G,” 63d Reg., aged 18 years, 6 months and 19
days. Joseph was a young man of
lively, amiable disposition, a dutiful son, a faithful friend, and with
a heart ever alive to the call of
patriotism. He was one of the first to shoulder his musket at the
commencement of the war, and
continued in the army until his death. After his return from the three
month’s campaign in Western
Virginia, he obtained a Lieutenant’s commission, and labored
faithfully in the recruiting service,
until he took his final leave of Marietta with his regiment. He was a
general favorite throughout the
camp, and during his illness of four weeks, received every attention
from his sympathizing comrades. It is a consolation to his bereaved
friends at home to know that his end was such as he desired - he
died in the cause of his country. [Memorial poem follows.] Signed: M.W.

Friday, Aug 15 1862

Died: On Friday afternoon
last, [Aug] 8th, a terrible accident occurred in
Macksburg, in this county,
which resulted in the death of Miss Jane Atkinson,
daughter of Isaac Atkinson, formerly of
Newport township. The young lady very incautiously undertook to kindle
a fire in the cooking stove
by pouring carbon oil from a tin can on the embers. A flash and an
explosion instantly followed and
the shrieking girl was enveloped in a terrible mass of flame. Aid was
immediate, but so shockingly
was the unfortunate creature burned that death came to her relief the
same evening. She was about
17 years of age.

Died: The following notice
of the death of John Mills Amlin,
son of James M. Amlin, formerly a
well known citizen of Washington county, is copied from the Ironton
Register of Aug. 28th. Let us
add our testimony from an eight years’ intimate acquaintance,
that the subject of the notice was one
of the most worthy and truly excellent young men that we have ever
known. Departed this life, in
Ironton, on the 25th, J. Mills Amlin, aged 22
years and 6 months. The above was a young man well
known by everybody in this community, and, therefore, needs no eulogy,
as all are ready to speak
of his modesty, amiability and goodness He came to this place with his
parents in 1854 and with
them united with the Presbyterian church by letter. He made a
profession of religion at the early age
of 13 years and has been an active and consistent Christian until the
hour of his death. On the night
before he died, he was told that he could not live. He took the news,
as not wholly unexpected. After a few minutes consideration of the
approaching event, he replied, “I am prepared to die, for
I know in whom I have believed.” He then expressed a desire
to see as many of his friends as could
be collected, whom he exhorted to do as he had done, “to
trust in that Saviour who had done so much
for him.” Taking them by the hand he spoke of Jesus as being
“very precious to his soul,” as being
“with him in the dark valley of death,” and
exhorting them “to prepare to die by believing in Jesus
Christ, who was able to keep that he had committed until that day and
thus to meet him in heaven.” He repeatedly spoke of heaven
“as his home” and that he desired all to
“meet him there.” He then
sent messages to other friends not present and to his Sabbath School
class, urging all to “give their
hearts to the Saviour in the days of their youth.” He then
desired prayer to be offered by his father
and others. Then h e requested all to sing - selecting himself such
hymns as these, “God is love,”
“There is sweet rest in heaven,”
“Salvation is free,” &c. During some hours,
his whole demeanor
was that of the most perfect self-possession and calmness. There were
times when his mind
wandered slightly, but during those period he said nothing on the
subject of religion. When his
relations and others were overcome with their emotions, he remained
altogether above and beyond
such earthly sympathy and seemed to hold sweet communion with his
Savior and the heavenly
world. Observing how his mother wept, he said, “Mother, weep
not for me; my mind is all peace
and joy at the near prospect of being permitted to enter
heaven.” Thus has passed away from among
us an amiable Christian man. May his death be a beacon light to all his
friends and associates, thus
stimulating them to imitate his example and be prepared, as he was, to
leave this world, though
unexpectedly called, and enter that of the redeemed in heaven.

Friday, Sep 12

Married: On the 6th,
by Rev. Thomas Wickes, John W. Caywood, of
the 7th Ohio Cavalry, and Miss
Mary A. Needham,
both of Marietta.

Died: In Harmar, on the 9th,
of a disease of the heart, Mrs. Elisa W. Putnam, wife
of Douglas
Putnam, and eldest daughter of the late Levi Whipple,
Esq., in the 54th year of her age. Mrs. Putnam
was a woman of great energy, of ardent feelings, and of the most
decided Christian character. Zealously and fearlessly sympathizing in
the advancement of human rights, in all works of moral
reforms, in the cause of the poor and friendless and in her
country’s struggles, she freely used, in
their aid and advancement, the liberal means with which a kind
Providence had blessed her. The
Sabbath School, the church and female prayer meeting will all testify
to her constancy and
devotedness. She was endowed with a character in which vigor and
decision were traits peculiarly
marked, yet her nature was so affectionate, sympathetic and tender,
that those who knew her most
intimately loved her best. During a sickness of six weeks, she was a
great and almost constant
sufferer, but no word of murmuring escaped her lips. Her spiritual
affections seemed to grow and
ripen under the best of discipline and trial. [This particular section
of the newspaper page is mostly
illegible.]

Died: In East Plymouth,
Washington Co., the 7th, Harriet J. W. McArthur,
only daughter of Dr. D.
and Margaret McArthur, aged 18 years and 20 days.

Died: In Harrison Co.,
Va., Mrs. Mary Maddox,
wife of Rev. Matthew Maddox, and daughter of
the late Caleb Emerson,
Esq., of this city, aged 51 years. [Illegible]. At the age of fourteen,
she
became a subject of renewing grace and united herself with the Baptist
Church, in this place. She
was one of its consistent members and from that time till her death,
she honored her profession and
illustrated the grace of God by a holy life. The field of her
husband’s ministerial labor has been for
the most part in western Va., and she was a valuable helper and a
cheerful partaker of all the hard
labors and self-denials incident to the work of his holy calling in
such a field. She loved the gospel
and believed in its teachings, its priceless value, and for the ___ was
willing in the spirit of Christian
___ to deny herself and bear her Cross. She was in all her relations
unobtrusive, gentle, kind and
faithful. [Last sentence of this obituary is illegible.]

Friday, Sep 26 1862

Married: On the 19th,
by John Test, J.P., Dennis Edwards
and Drusa Tucker,
both of Marietta.

Married: On the 22d, by
John Test, J.P., Bryson Hight
and Amelia A. Hardin,
both of Woods
County, Va.

Married: In the M.E.
Church at Plymouth, on Sunday, Sept. 21, by Rev. S. Ryland, Mr. G.R.
Goddard and
Miss M.L. Tullis,
all of Washington.

Died: In U.S. hospital, in
Mississippi, June 11, 1862, of the 63d Ohio, after an illness of six
weeks,
Charles W. Brown,
only son of Parley and Charlotte Brown, of Beverly, Washington Co.,
Ohio, in
his 22d year. About a year ago, on the day he was 21, he volunteered
and faithfully served his
country until his death. He was with his regiment when it left Marietta
for the South, and at Island
No. 10, New Madrid, and other places, he labored, fought, suffered and
triumphed by night and by
day for his country. He, like hundreds of other ones, would have
preferred to have fallen with the
slain on the battle field, but kind Providence ordered otherwise. Had
he lived a few days longer, I
am informed by the best of authority, he would have been promoted to a
Lieutenancy, a position he
was well competent to fill, which had not escaped the notice of the
Colonel. His Chaplain says, “He
was a model in morals, in gentlemanly bearing, and as a soldier, and
won the esteem and love of all
noble hearts who knew him.” The same has always been true of
him everywhere. He was a model
son and brother. He has left an untarnished reputation, an amiable
Christian and gentlemanly
character, and many friends and relatives who feel the loss of such a
noble spirit. He fell, but the
double honor of the Christian and soldier, rested upon him and endears
his memory. May a kind
Heaven sustain the afflicted father and mother and only sister. Signed
E. Ellison.

Friday, Oct 3 1862

Born: At Groton Centre,
Mass. on Sunday, Sept. 21, a son to Rev. T.J. Mumford,
recently pastor
of the Unitarian Church, Marietta.

Married: On the 5th,
by Rev. Mr. Wickes, Mr. B.V.A. Miraben and
Miss Ellen M. Wylin,
both of
this city.

Married: On the 9th,
by John Test, J.P. John Mindling,
of Union township, and Mary A. Henry, of
Watertown.

Died: In this city, Sept.
20th, after a protracted illness, Mrs. Rebecca
L. McAfee,
aged 28 63years. She united with the Baptist Church some years ago. She
bore all her sufferings of her long sickness
with Christian fortitude and died rejoicing that she was
“going to Jesus.” [Memorial poem follows.]

Friday, Oct 17 1862

Married: On the 12th
day of October, 1862, by John Test, J.P., Eli C. Smith, of
Lawrence township,
and Rebecca McGee,
of Muskingum township.

Died: In Cincinnati, [Oct]
10th, the wife of Wm. L. Gray, late of
Marietta. The funeral was in this
city, last Sunday.

Died: Near Ironton, [Oct] 5th,
Judge John Newton,
aged about 70, a brother of the late Oren
Newton, of Warren, this county.

Died: At a meeting of
Buell’s Pierpoint Battery, held Sept. 11, 1862, it was
unanimously Resolved
that in the death of Captain Frank Buell this
battery has lost a father, brother and friend - the
country a soldier and patriot - his brother and sister a kind and
affectionate brother - his
acquaintances and fellow officers a genial companion and the Artillery
arm of the Union service an
officer whose place cannot be readily or efficiently filled. Resolve
that a copy of these resolution
be furnished to the Wheeling, Wellsburg, Parkersburg and Marietta
papers for publication and also
to the family of our deceased and much regretted Captain. Signed: The
Officers.

Died: On the 19th
[of Oct], in Newport, of diphtheria, Weston Thomas Warren, son
of Elbridge G.
Warren, aged 9 years.

Died: Elza and Elwood Morris, twin
brothers, were born in Watertown, Washington county, Ohio,
Sept. 29, 1840. With an elder brother they volunteered in the 77th
Regiment, O.V.I., in November
1861, in Co. B, Capt. Mason. At Camp Dennison, from exposure, Elwood
was taken with bleeding
at the lungs, but he recovered somewhat and went on with his regiment.
They both fought at Shiloh
and were unhurt. Moving toward Corinth, Elwood was unable to proceed
and was left behind. For
a long time none of his friends could learn his whereabouts. In July,
his friends received a letter
from him at Evansville, Ind., stating that he had been sick with fever
and small pox. His physician
soon sent him home, saying that he was in consumption. He began to get
better. Elza endured the
long and fatiguing march (and counter-marching) to Memphis, thence went
to Alton, Ill. There he
was cut down with fever, dying Sept. 16, 1862. In view of his speedy
death, he requested his elder
brother to take his body home, and he died a praying penitent. His
brother started home with the
body. On the arrival, the diphtheria was in the family, and one of its
members was then lying a
corpse, on the evening of Sept. 19, when the wagon stopped before the
house. The shock was almost
too much for Elwood in his feeble condition. Three days after the
funeral, Elwood was taken with
diphtheria. He soon was able to speak only in a whisper. He suffered
much, but endured it with
patience. He knew his end was nigh and shuddered, and said he was
afraid to pass the dark valley
alone. He was directed to his Saviour; he requested his brother to pray
for him, after which he
became more reconciled. “Meet me in heaven,” he
said and died at 12 o’clock noon, Oct. 15, 1862. Thus in the
morning of life they have passed away. We deeply sympathize with their
bereaved
parents who have given their sons to die for their country.
[Contributor’s name illegible.]

Friday, Oct 31 1862

Married: On the evening of the
28th [of Oct], by Rev. Mr. Boyd, R.M. Stimson,
editor of this paper,
to Miss Julia I. Sheppard,
all of this city.

Married: Oct 9, 1862, at the
residence of the bride’s father, in Belpre, by Rev. F.S.
Thurston, Mr.
Calvin Leseur and
Miss Rebecca Rouse,
both of Washington county, O.

Married: On [Nov] 4th,
by Rev. Ira Corwin, Mr. William A. Hubbard, of
Matamoras, and Miss
Angeline Goldsmith,
of this place.

Died: In Ironton, [Oct] 22d,
Alice Darley Jackson,
infant daughter of George W. and Louisa
Jackson, aged one year and eight mos.

Died: In Harmar, [Oct] 28th,
of consumption, Mary Elizabeth Steen,
youngest daughter of Finlay
and Jane Steen, aged 25. Her life was one of purity, having Christ for
her guide. She was the loved
of one and all. [Memorial poem follows.]

Died: In Fearing, [Oct] 31st,
of diphtheria, James A. McCall,
son of James and Nancy A. McCall,
aged 4 years and 6 months. [Memorial poem follows.]

Died: On the 3d [of Nov], at
Rush River, Wisconsin, of diphtheria, Laura Maria Guitteau,
only
daughter of J.A. and L.F. Guitteau, formerly of this township, aged 8
years.

Friday, Nov 21 1862

Married: On the 13th
[of Nov], by Rev. Dennis Gibbs, Mr. George W. Lucas to
Miss Patience M.
Davis,
all of Adams township

Died: In this township, on
Sunday, Nov. 16, after a brief but exceedingly painful illness, Mr.
Benjamin Racer,
in the 55th year of his age. Mr. Racer was on
Wednesday attending to his daily
vocation as usual, and on Sunday, at 2 A.M., was a corpse. Thus has
passed away from among us
one of our best and most useful citizens, who leaves a large family of
relatives and friends to mourn
his loss. Mr. Racer died as he had lived, fully in the belief of
God’s universal goodness over all his
works. Few men have passed through the world without making more
enemies. A kind,
affectionate, and indulgent husband and father, he was by them
considered almost faultless and
nearly idolized. Not only was he always prompt to administer to their
early moral and social wants,
but was at all times ready and willing to discharge his every duty as a
neighbor, friend, and citizen. [Memorial poem follows.]

Died: In Bloomfield, this
county, the 9th [of Nov], of diphtheria, Francis
[sic] Emily Harvey,
daughter of G.W. and Mary E. Harvey, aged 6 years, 9 months and 20 days.

Died: In Parkersburg, [Nov] 18th,
James J. Neal,
Clerk of the Court at that place, aged 41 years.

Died: In Palmer, [Nov] 19th,
of diphtheria, Sarah E. Danley,
only daughter of Robert A. and Mary
Danley, in her 20th year. The deceased was a
kind and affectionate daughter and beloved by all her
acquaintances and friends of whom she had a large circle. She lived and
died without an enemy. [Memorial poem follows.]

Died: In this city, [Dec] 5th,
suddenly, Mrs. Jane N. Newton,
wife of John Newton, aged 43 years. Mrs. Newton was much beloved by all
who knew her. Her illness was brief, many of her friends in
town not knowing it was serious until they were shocked by hearing of
her death. She was a kind
neighbor, a faithful friend, an affectionate wife and mother, a true
hearted woman. She had been
from early life a member of the Presbyterian church, and for many years
her mansion was that of
great hospitality, at Hanging Rock, where this writer first knew her,
and afterwards at Ironton. She
had been in Marietta but a comparatively short time - a little over
four years - but she had endeared
many to her. Her funeral was on Monday afternoon of this week, attended
by a large concourse of
friends, the services being conducted by President Andrews, of Marietta
College.

Died: In Palmer, Dec. 3 of
diphtheria, John E. Danley,
only living son of Robert I. and Mary
Danley, in his 14th year. The deceased was one
of the Palmer Military Band and was extensively
known as the little drummer, and during the recruiting in the fall he
labored zealously in beating up
for recruits for his country’s service. [Memorial poem
follows.]

Died: In Salem, [Dec] 7th,
Mrs. Esther Ann Hovey,
wife of S.P. Hovey, and daughter of Enos
Chapman,
aged 27 years. She was a constant member of the Presbyterian Church in
Salem and
exhibited an humble, persevering and decided Christian character. She
was truly a tender and loving
wife, a kind and affectionate mother. Her sickness was protracted and
severe, yet she endured it with
Christian fortitude, for her trust was in Christ who was her stay in
life and support in death.

Died: In Palmer, of diphtheria,
Dec. 13, 1862, John Breckenridge,
Jr., aged 36 years, 6 mos., 13
days. Mr. Breckenridge was a man of sterling character, kind and
considerate in his family circle,
and possessing unbounded influence in the society in which he moved.
His loss is felt by all who
knew him. His remains were followed to the grave by several hundred
friends and neighbors.

Died: In Dunham, Dec. 3, Mrs.
Lucy Angeline Ellinwood,
wife of S.D. Ellinwood, Esq., aged 45
years. Mrs. Ellinwood’s disease has cast a gloom over this
community never before experienced
here. In the prime of life and one of the most prominent members of
this community, always
cheerful, hers was a happy home. She took a deep interest in the
welfare of her neighbors. When
sickness made its appearance anywhere in her large circle of
acquaintances, she was always ready
to assist, and many there are in this community who will long recollect
her kindness and sympathy
in the hour of their affliction. But she has gone to that better land
and we but express the feelings
of all when we tender to the bereaved husband and family our warmest
sympathy in the hour of their
deep affliction. [Memorial poem follows.]

Died: In Barlow township,
Washington Co., O., Dec. 22d, Mr. Cyrus Eddy, in the
88th year of his
age. Father Eddy was a native of Providence, Rhode Island. In 1806, he
emigrated to Ohio, with
his family, and settled in the vicinity of Marietta. In 1810, in
consequence of feeble health, he
returned to his native State, but again in 1820 he came again to this
State, where he has resided in
the counties of Washington and Morgan up to the time of his death.
Although a member of no
particular church, he was a strict observer of the “Golden
Rule,” and lived truly an exemplary and
Christian life. He leaves a large circle of children, and numerous
friends (for who that knew him
were not his friends?) to mourn his loss. He lived and enjoyed life, to
ripe old age, and his society
will be much missed and lamented in the sphere in which he moved.
Signed: H.E.V., dated Dec. 27,
1862, Vincent.

Died: In hospital near
Falmouth, Va., Jan. 3d, Francis D. Fearing, only
son of Mr. Silas Fearing,
of Harmar, in his 22d year. The deceased was a soldier in Capt. Huntington’s
Battery. He joined
the service last August. He had been sick of typhoid fever for several
weeks, but was recovering
until near a week before his death when he took a relapse. His father,
hearing that he was very sick,
at once left that he might assist in taking care of him, but did not
reach Falmouth until he had been
dead and buried. His remains were taken up and brought home for final
interment. An affectionate
son and brother, entering the service from patriotic motives, he became
a faithful soldier, and though
he was not called to fall on the battle field, he was none the less a
martyr in his country’s cause. During his sickness he was
most kindly cared for by his fellow soldiers in the Battery. A young
man
of much promise and blameless moral character, he was much esteemed by
a large circle of friends,
who attended his funeral on Wednesday, the 14th
[of January.]

Died: In Wood county, West
Virginia, on the 5th [of Dec], of typhoid
pneumonia, George W.
Henderson,
Jr., in his 21st year. He was a member of
Marietta College from which place he was
compelled to retire to his home by the disease, which after lingering
but severe suffering of more
than three weeks, terminated his life. While we mourn our loss in the
untimely death of our young
friend, it is the privilege of one acquainted with him from his
childhood, to bear testimony to his
many virtues and also to commend them for imitation by all with whom he
was associated.

Died: In Union township, of
diphtheria, Miss Josephine Quinby
[age illegible, might be 38 years].
Josephine the orphan is gone, gone to that beautiful country where
sickness and sorrow are not
known, gone to mingle her sweet voice with the voices of bright angels
that are singing their
everlasting anthems of praise to Him that ruleth eternal and to the
lamb forever. Oh, what a beautiful
thought to know that she had “fallen asleep” in the
bosom of her God, trusting in a smiling Saviour,
that though this earthly tabernacle... [balance of obituary illegible].

Died: In Palmer township,
Washington Co., O., Jan. 9, 1863. of diphtheria, Alvin W. Danley, in
the 20th year of his age. Alvin was engaged in
teaching school in Palmer, previous to his last illness,
and his scholars will regret his loss as that of an indulgent friend
and faithful teacher. He possessed
a kind, cheerful spirit and an amiable disposition which endeared him
to a large circle of friends. During his brief sickness, he bore his
sufferings with fortitude and retained his mental faculties to
the last moment. A short time before his death he sang in a clear voice
the first stanza of a favorite
song. [Stanza is quoted.]

Married: In the German
Evangelical Church, corner Fifth and Scammel streets, [Feb] 12th,
by Rev.
G. Shulz, Mr. William Rogers
to Miss Elizabeth Laub, both of
this city.

Died: In the Hospital at
Galllipolis, of typhoid fever, Jan. 28, 1863, Horatio Nelson Adams, of
Company F, 92nd Regiment O.V.I., aged 23 years.
His remains were buried in Marietta.

Died: In Palmer township, Feb.
5, 1863, of diphtheria, Alice Thornburg, in
her 17th year. Possessed of a friendly and
cheerful disposition, she was beloved by all who knew her. After a
short
and severe illness, as her end was approaching, she called her friends,
bade them farewell, saying,
“Meet me in Heaven.” [Memorial poem follows.]

Friday, Feb 27, 1863

Born: On the 25th
[of Feb] a daughter to Joseph F. Stanley, of
Fearing.

Died: At Belpre, in this
county, Feb. 19th, Mrs. Sarah E. Howe, aged 80
years. The deceased, whose
maiden name was Sarah Emerson,
was born January 5, 1783, at Ashby, Massachusetts. She early
made a profession of religion, and united with the Congregational
Church. For some time she was
a teacher at Boston. She emigrated to Marietta about 45 years ago and
was, for many years, an
acceptable and beloved teacher there. Some of the most esteemed
citizens of Washington County
have been her pupils. Mere influence for good in society was wider than
the sphere of her calling. In 1827, she married Deacon Perley Howe, of
Belpre, where she continued to reside till the time of
her death, striving to imitate the example of her Saviour, and
progressing in the divine life through
trial and suffering. She possessed a clear and well cultivated mind,
and warm and kindly sympathies. She felt deeply for the oppressed, and
was enthusiastic in her attachment to the cause of Right. She
rendered herself highly useful in the education and guardianship of
youth. In her last sickness, she
expressed the same reliance on the Redeemer and the same trust in
Divine Providence which had
been the governing principle of her life. The excellent discourse at
the funeral by Rev. Mr. Curtis
was founded on the words of the Psalmist, “Thou wilt guide me
by they counsel and afterwards
receive me to glory.” [Memorial poem follows]

Married: On Feb. 26, by Rev.
Mr. Kirkham, Simeon W. Glines
and Sarah P. Morse,
all of this city.

Married: On Feb. 27, by John
Test, J.P., Mr. Frederick Mellage,
a member of Gen. Cox’s
bodyguard, and Miss Mary Johan,
of Cincinnati.

Married: In Chesterfield, Feb.
22d, by Rev. S. Ryland, James Lee and Mrs.
Anne M. Caen,
both of
Morgan Co.

Died: On board the steamboat,
Victor No. 2, at Nashville, Tenn., on Sabbath morning, Feb. 7th,
at
one o’clock, of congestion of the lungs, John Murchy, son
of William Murchy, of Barlow township,
Washington county, Ohio, aged 19. This noble young man was a member,
greatly loved, of
Company G, Capt. Loring, 93d O.V.I. Though he fell not in battle, he
died a patriot. Deeply do we
sympathize with the broken home circle. It is God’s doing,
murmur not at His will. “God is love.” He cannot
err. Not a sparrow, without his permission, falleth to the ground. May
the consolations
of the glorious Gospel of Christ sustain the friends of the deceased.
Brother, farewell! Thou art far
from the reach and above the ravages of time and war and change and
death! His remains were sent
home on the same boat in charge of Lieut. Day, of Watertown. Reader,
“Be ye also ready, for in
such an hour as yet think not the Son of Man cometh.” Signed:
W.M. G___, Chaplain 93d O.V.I.

Died: In Alton, Ill., Jan. 10,
1863, of smallpox, James McCall,
77th O.V.I, of Fearing township,
aged 35. Mr. McCall was a true and brave man, and much esteemed by all
the members of his
Company H. His death is much mourned by his comrades in arms, but we
trust he has gone to
Heaven to meet his final reward. Signed: Serg’t H.H. ____.

Friday, Mar 13, 1863

Born: On the 10th,
a son to Professor E.F. Fish
of this city.

Married: On the 26th
[of Feb], by Wm. Johnson, J.P., John Fisher, of
Barlow tp. to Miss Emaline
Corns,
of Watertown tp.

Married: In Rainbow, March 9th,
by Rev. G.V. Fry, Mr. L.R. Janney,
of Portsmouth, and Miss
Fannie Wood,
of Rainbow.

Married: In this city, March 5,
by Rev. G. Schulz, Mr. Hugh Theil
and Mrs. Catharina Shaw, both
of Newport tp., Ohio.

Died: In Belpre, March 5th,
Leander R. Forbes,
of the 7th Ohio Cavalry, in his 22d year.

Friday, Mar 20, 1863

Married: On the evening of Feb.
15th, in the Presbyterian Church of Cumberland,
Ohio, by Rev.
C.C.B. Duncan, assisted by Rev. W.M. Furguson and M.R. Miller, Rev.
L.R. Duncan,
Pastor of the
above church, and Miss Fannie Chapman,
formerly of Marietta.

Died: In Center Belpre, of
consumption, March 23d, Miss Georgiana Anders, in
the 19th year of her
age. In all her somewhat protracted sickness, she complained but little
and was remarkably patient. She was a good girl, considerate, gentle
and kind. For one young, she possessed unusual faith in h
er divine Redeemer, and love for her Heavenly Father and awaited with
anxious longing for the time
to arrive when God should send his Angel to deliver her from the
bondage of this body, and bid her
come home to her heavenly rest. Her remains were brought to Harmar, to
the residence of H.W.
Smith, where, before burial, religious services were held and
consolatory remarks made to relatives
and friends by the writer. Signed: M.

Friday, April 13. 1863

Died: In Salem, March 24, 1863,
Lieut. John M. Palmer,
of the 36th O.V.I. The battle of life with
him is over. He has lain aside his armor and gone to that land where
the confused sounds of war are
heard no more and where “the wicked cease from troubling and
the weary are at rest.” He had been
in the service of his country ever since August 1861. He was in the
memorable battles of Lewisburg
and Antietam and at every post he showed himself to be a patriot, a
good soldier, a man of nerve who
was willing to do and dare and suffer anything, all things for the
salvation of his country. As a
citizen, he was respected for hiss integrity and gentlemanly bearing,
as a Christian he was loved and
honored by the members of his church, as an Odd Fellow he stood high in
the estimation of his
brethren. And being a Christian in truth, he honored and blessed every
relationship of son and
brother, husband and parent, with a sweet and gentle spirit and a life
of fidelity and good works. Surely such a life must be an acceptable
service on the altar of liberty - on the altar of our country. His
funeral was attended by a very large number of people at the
Universalist Church in Salem,
March 27th, where a sermon was preached by this
writer, [Signed] J.W. McMaster.

Died: In Harmar, [Apr] 4th,
John Poole Marshall,
only child of Charles A. and Harriet Marshall,
aged 6 months. “Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.”

Died: In this city, April 11th,
Mrs. M.A. Leonard,
wife of Rev. L.G. Leonard, D.D., Pastor of the
Baptist Church in Marietta, aged 50. Mrs. Leonard was a native of
Cambridge, Mass. Her death
occurred about 18 months after the melancholy death by drowning of her
only son, Kincaid, a
promising young man, a dreadful affliction to her, but borne with
Christian submissiveness. She was
a most devoted wife and mother, beloved by all who knew her. For
several months she had been a
great sufferer, confined to her bed by a partial paralysis. The
constant kindness of friends, the deep
affection of her family, and the support of religion enabled her to
bear patiently her painful and
protracted illness. Her funeral was attended on Monday, the 18th,
by a large number of friends, Rev.
M. Riley officiating.

Died: April 5, 1863, of
pulmonary consumption, at the residence of her husband in Belpre
township,
Mrs. Lydia Curtiss,
wife of Horace Curtiss, aged 67 years. The deceased will be fondly
remembered by a large circle of friends and relatives as a lady
possessing largely those social
qualities fitted to confer happiness upon all her acquaintances. During
her protracted sickness, she
manifested cheeriness and resignation. She gave evidence of the
possession of that faith which robs
death of its sting and the grave of its victory. [Memorial poem
follows.]

Friday, Apr 24, 1863

Married: In Lowell, by Rev.
Dennis Gibbs, Mr. William Tilton,
Jr., of Noble county, to Miss
Melinda A. Sprague,
of Lowell.

Died: In the hospital at
Carthage, Tenn, March 20, 1863, of pneumonia, Corporal J. M. Danley, Co.
G, 92d O.V.I., in his 26th year. Corporal Danley
was one of those noble young men who rallied at
their country’s call to go forth in defense of that liberty
which his forefathers fought to achieve. He
was one of those who left his home at a sacrifice of all his interests,
leaving his farm, and all his
business affairs, his wife and children, his aged mother, and all
associates, to do his duty as a man
and a patriot. How well he performed it, let the following from his
Captain tell: “Though he died
of disease and but little exposed to the dangers of the battle field,
he was none the less a true patriot. He did his whole duty, while a
soldier, faithfully and without complaining, and was the idol of his
company.” He died calmly, only expressing a wish that his
family might be with him in the last
scene and that his friends at home might know that he “died
at post, a faithful soldier of the Union.”

Friday, May 1, 1863

Born: In Warren, on the 25th
of April, 1863, a daughter to John Flowers, aged
70, and Nancy Ann
Flowers, aged 55 years.

Married: In this city, April
25, 1863, by Rev. Thomas Wickes, J.W. Dent, late of
the “Richmond
House,” Parkersburg, Va., to Miss Emma B. Jackson,
daughter of Gen. J.J. Jackson, of that place.

Friday, May 8, 1863

Married: On the evening of May
5, 1863, by Rev. Thomas Wickes, at the residence of M.P. Wells,
Esq., Henry Bartlett Shipman
and Mrs. Jennie E. Crawford, all
of this city.

Married: In Beverly, on the 30th
day of April, 1863, by Rev. J.D. Leonard, Mr. Calvin A.
Hutchinson to
Miss Anna McCadden,
daughter of the proprietor of the American House, in that
place.

Married: On the 2d [of May], by
Rev. P. Cook, Mr. John Anders
and Miss Ellen McGill,
both of
Union township.

Married: April 27, by Henry P.
Mason, Esq., James Hunter
and Melissa Wilson,
both of Adams
tp.

Died: At the general hospital,
Carthage, Tenn., Horace O. Sprague,
son of Elijah Sprague, of Coal
Run, April 16, 1863, of typhoid fever, in the 21st
year of his age, after an illness of five weeks. The
deceased volunteered, August 8, 1862, as a private in Co. H, 92d
Regiment, by Capt. Higgins,
Beverly, O. Since was promoted to Sergeant. He was highly esteemed by
his fellow soldiers as an
honorable and upright man. When asked by the Chaplain, Rev. W.M.
Grimes, what message he
wished to send home, he replied, “Tell them I not only die as
a soldier of my country, but a soldier
of the Lord Jesus Christ,” then passed away with a smile.
Surely “blessed are the dead that died in
the Lord.” He leaves a large circle of friends and relations
to mourn his loss. May God comfort
them and bring them to join the loved ones in His everlasting kingdom.

Friday, Jun 5, 1863

Born: In this city, [Jun] 3d, a
daughter to Lewis Anderson.

Married: In Ironton, Mr. Daniel
Crumlish and
Mrs. Abby D. McLain,
daughter of the late Stephen
Daniels,
of this city, both of that place.

Died: In Palmer, Mass., May 18,
1863, Nehemiah Cram,
Esq., of Portland, Maine, formerly for a
few years a resident of this city, aged 79.

Died: In Alton, Ill., on May 5th,
1863, Wallace W. Hill,
of Company B, 77th O.V.I., of Newport,
aged 18.

Died: At the residence of her
son, B.F. Dyar, in Muskingum township, May 17, 1863, Mrs. Sarah
Dyar,
wife of the late John Dyar, in her 87th year.
She was a consistent member of the church for
many years and adorned her profession with a holy and consecrated life
and through the grace of
God, she fell asleep in Jesus, her stay in life and her hope in death.

Died: At the residence of his
mother, in Barlow township, April 24, 1863, David Harvey, aged
23
years and 5 months. The deceased, feeling that he was needed as one to
share the strife of the present
rebellion, left all the comforts of a happy home and the association of
a wide circle of friends and
enlisted in Co. “D,” 77th
O.V.I., at its organization. He went through the memorable battle of
Shiloh
unharmed, while friends fell fat around him, among the number their
Orderly. After the battle, he
was promoted to the vacancy, which he filled with credit to himself,
his officers and the company. Had he been able to remain in the
Regiment a few months longer, he would have received a
commission, but during the summer the strong hand of disease laid hold
of him. He was ambitious
and wished to see this struggle brought to a successful issue, and not
until he found that he could no
longer be of any service to his country did he apply for a discharge,
which was granted to him. He
arrived at home unable to walk and lingered for twelve weeks, during
which he was kindly nursed
by a good mother and sisters, besides being under the best of medical
aid, but they could not stay the
hand of death. It was the will of God that he should die. It is as sad
for us, who are far away, as it
is heart rending to those at home, to have one taken away having such
bright prospects, one who was
honest, kind, cheerful and appeared as a brother, and to...[remaining
lines illegible].

Married: At the residence o the
bride’s father, May 29, 1863, by Rev. J.D. Leonard, B.F.
Jackson to
Miss Sarah E. Wood,
all of this county.

Died: In Aurelius township, May
23, 1863, Wm. Rayley,
a native of Yorkshire, Eng., but for the
last 47 years a resident of this county, aged 82 years. He once lived
in Marietta, back of the Mound
Cemetery. He was an excellent man.

Died: At the house of Wm. Spencer, Wood
Co., West Va., on the 27th [of May] Miss Hannah Dye,
aged about 90.

Died: At Rainbow, May 17, 1863,
Mrs. Sarah Abagail Ridgway,
wife of Thomas Ridgway, in the
57th year of her age.

Died: In Beverly, [May] 30th,
of diphtheria, Mary A. Staley,
only daughter of H.A. and E. Staley,
aged 17 years and 11 days. Seldom have we been called to notice the
death of one that cast so much
gloom on all around. The family circle has been broken. The Baptist
church has parted with a
worthy member, the Sabbath School with a faithful teacher and society
with one of its brightest
ornaments. But we sorry not without hope. She left the cheering
evidence that our loss was her
infinite gain. [Memorial poem follows.]

Died: May 18, 1863, at the
residence of his brother, in Lake Co., Illinois, James L. Gage, Esq.,
aged
63 years. Mr. Gage was a lawyer of fair attainments and of good
capacity. His professional life was
mainly spent in McConnelsville, Morgan Co., Ohio, where he resided some
fifteen or twenty years,
visiting the Courts in the surrounding counties. When he had
accumulated in his calling some means
above providing an eligible and comfortable residence, he withdrew from
the bar and engaged in the
iron foundry business which he prosecuted with good success for several
years at McConnelsville,
and afterwards at St. Louis. But during one of those business
revulsions that pas over the country
and especially cities of rapid growth in the West, he became seriously
embarrassed and finally failed
in business. He remained in St. Louis some years and then removed to
Columbus, Ohio, where he
spent the last few years of his life in the Capital of the State to
which he was so...[illegible].

Died: In Harmar, Sabbath
morning, June 14, Mrs. Mary W. Hart, wife of
Dr. Seth Hart, aged 65. Though much esteemed in the community where she
had long lived, yet it is in the circle of her own
immediate family and kindred that Mrs. Hart will be most mourned and
missed. In feeble health for
many years, she was only infrequently away from her home. To her
children and friends, she was
devotedly attached and for their welfare, temporal and spiritual, her
efforts and prayers were
unceasingly directed. Her sickness was long and painful, yet she bore
all with entire submission. Of a large family of eight children, six
were present with her during her illness, the other two being
absent in the Army. She was a daughter of the late David Wilson, of
Waterford, one of the earliest
settlers of the State. Her Christian life dates back many years, she
having united when quite young
with the Presbyterian Church in Waterford. For the last 23 years, she
was a member of the
Congregational church in H., being one of the original founders. She
has left to her friends the
legacy of a consistent Christian character, and Heaven may take to
itself new charms from the
assurance that, if faithful like her, they shall then be reunited
forever.

Died: At his residence in
Harmar, June 25, 1863, Wm. Tipp,
who was born in Monroe county, Ohio,
Jan. 28, 1828. Since this war has been in progress, he has been engaged
in constructing [the]
military telegraph. Just before the Battle of Stone River, at Lavergne,
Tenn., he lost his right arm
by a shell aimed at the enemy. He braved this loss manfully and
recovered. He returned soon again
to the field where he was taken sick. He returned to his home in feeble
health, on the 24th [of Jun]
and the next day he died very suddenly. His death has sent a wave of
sorrow over the entire
community, for he was prized by all for his patriotic and Christian
zeal and virtues. “He has passed
glory’s morning gate and walks in Paradise.” Let us
sympathize with his companion and little
daughter who are left to week and to “tarry but a
night.” Signed: I.F. King.

Died: In Barlow, June 14, 1863,
of scarlet fever and diphtheria, George Alonzo Hartson, only
son
of Augustus B. and Editha F. Hartson, aged 5 years, 4 months. [Age is
not clearly legible.]

Friday, Jul 10. 1863

Married: At the residence of
Dr. Tenney,
near this city, on the 6th [of Jul], by Rev.
Prof. E. Adkins,
Hiram L. Gear,
of this city, to Miss Cornelia VanClief,
oldest daughter of Hon. P. VanClief, of
Downieville, California. The “happy couple” left on
Tuesday morning for California.

Married: On the 2d [of Jul], by
John Test, J.P., George C. Peckens,
late of the U.S. Army, to Miss
Matilda J. Thrasher,
both of Marietta.

Married: By Rev. B.N. Spahr, at
the residence of Mr. Ed. Hill,
on Thursday evening, July 16th, Dr.
R.M. Harsha and
Miss Amanda M. Garen,,
both of Cutler Station.

Friday, Jul 31, 1863

Born: In this city, July 27,
1863, a son to Col. Isaac C. Elston,
Jr., late of the staff of Maj. Gen. Lew.
Wallace.

Died: In this city, [Jul] 27th,
Sammy Wiley,
infant son of Geo. W. Wiley, aged 3 and one half
months.

Died: In this city, Sunday
morning, July 26th, 1863, Mrs. Elizabeth Laura Nye, wife of
Dudley S.
Nye, Esq., and daughter of George Neal of
Parkersburg, West Va., in her 37th year.

Died: On the 23d [of Jul], Hugh
H. Wheatley,
in his 54th year, a well known citizen of
Marietta,
leaving a wife and seven children to mourn his loss.

Died: “Death of
Doctor Hildreth”
- [Note: This is a very long obituary, only part of which is
transcribed here.] Dr. Samuel Prescott Hildreth, so widely known as one
of the leading and most
esteemed citizens of Marietta, died last Friday night, about 11
o’clock - July 24, 1863 - in his 80th
year. He had been in usual good health, a well-preserved and happy old
gentleman, until Sunday,
the 5th [of Jul]. On that morning he went to
church, of which he was a regular attendant, but at the
evening service he was too unwell to attend. He gradually sank away,
his mind but little clouded,
if any, until he was gathered to his fathers in the fullness of his
years, only about two months less
than four score. His funeral was on Sunday, [Jul] 26th,
the services being in the Congregational
church, of which he was a member, conducted by Rev. Mr. Wakefield, of
Harmar, and President
Andrews, of Marietta College. Dr. Hildreth was born in Methuen, Mass.,
Sept. 30, 1783, about a
mile north of the present manufacturing city of Lawrence, on the
Merrimac River. His family was
one of some note in Massachusetts. He was descended, in the sixth
generation, from Richard
Hildreth, who emigrated from England over two centuries ago. Abel F.
Hildreth, distinguished for
many years as Principal of “Pinkerton Academy” at
Derry, N.H., was his kinsman, and Richard
Hildreth, the Historian, is his distant relative. His boyhood was
passed in active work on his father’s
farm where he acquired the habit of industry and toughened his physical
powers for a long, vigorous
and useful life. From a “Social Library” in the
town, he formed the taste for reading and continued
a great reader until his last illness. After the common school, he
prepared for College at “Phillips
Andover Academy,” one of the best in New England. Without
completing a collegiate course, he
studied medicine with Dr. Thos. Kittredge, at Andover’s
“North Parish.” In May 1805, when less
than 22 years of age, Dr. Hildreth began the practice of medicine in
Hampstead, Rockingham Co.,
N.H., a small inland town. He there boarded with John True, Esq., whose
brother, Dr. Jabez True,
was then living in Marietta, having located here early in the summer of
1788, the first season of the
settlement. From him, he learned of a “good opening for a
young man” in Marietta. After sixteen
months of practice in New Hampshire, he started, on horseback. Sept. 9,
1806 - being 23 years old
that month - and arrived at Marietta Oct. 4th
following. This place then contained about 600
inhabitants. He remained here about nine weeks, when on invitation of
the leading citizens of
Belpre, twelve miles below, to become their physician, he went to that
place, Dec. 10, 1806. That
night, never more to return to it, Blennerhasset left his
“fairy island.” While in Belpre, August 1807,
he married Miss Rhoda Cook.
She was a native of New Bedford, Mass., and came to Ohio in 1804,
her mother having purchased a farm in Belpre, nearly opposite the mouth
of the Little Kanawha. For
fifty-six years, they trod the path of life together, even-tempered
years to them and reaping the
reward of industry and prudence, a competence, the love of all, a
family of children grown up to
usefulness in life, a happy old age. Mrs. Hildreth survives, well-nigh
unto four-score, “young for
her years.” In March 1808, after a practice of fifteen months
in Belpre, Dr. Hildreth returned to
Marietta and ever after resided here. [This obituary continues for
numerous paragraphs about Dr.
Hildreth’s professional distinctions, his writings about the
history and geology of Washington
County, etc. Please consult microfilm reel, #39487, the issue of July
31, 1863.]

Friday, Aug 7, 1863

Died: At his residence above
Harmar, on Sunday, Aug. 2, 1863, Isaac N. Bishop, aged
63 years, a
well known and highly esteemed citizen.

Died: “Death of Jacob
Cram”
- Our community was surprised last Saturday morning by the
intelligence that our townsman, Jacob Cram, was dead. When the call was
made for the militia of
this district to assemble at t his place, to repel the Morgan invasion,
Mr. Cram felt it his duty to
respond. Although the condition of his health was such as to render it
hazardous for him to leave
home, he went, on the morning of July 16th, with
a company of scouts organized the day before, at
the head of which he was placed. On the 17th,
they reached Buffington Island and on the 18th
they
were fully deployed as scouts and obtained important information of the
advance of Morgan. During
Saturday night, the force at the ford were ordered to fall back to
Ravenswood, by Gen. Scammon,
which was done, but Mr. Cram refused to leave with the rest of his
command and consequently fell
into the hands of Morgan’s forces on Sunday morning. They
took his horse and revolver, then
paroled him. Where he was during the battle is not known. On Monday he
was in the vicinity of
Portland, at the head of Buffington, where he was arrested by a
Sergeant and two men of the 8th
Michigan cavalry under the pretense of being one of Morgan’s
men. Although informed by persons
who knew him that he was a Union an, they persisted in attempting to
take him to the headquarters
of the regiment. He probably tried to make his escape, and in doing so
he is understood to have
inflicted some injury upon the Sergeant, who immediately drew his
revolver and shot him, and left
him on the ground. After taking his boots, his money, and part of his
clothes, he was buried near the
spot where he fell, by whom is not known. Nothing was known here of his
fate until Thursday of
last week when his brother, J.A. Cram, and B.T. Nye went in
search of him. His remains were
brought to this place on Sunday and interred in the Mound Cemetery. The
deep sympathy of this
community was manifested by a large attendance at his funeral. Mr. Cram
was born in Marietta, in
August, 1820, and was consequently about 43 years of age. He was well
known in the Muskingum
Valley, where he had many friends. He leaves a widow and three
children. Of the 20,000 men
called together at this place to repel the Morgan invasion, he is the
only one who did not return again
to his own home, and he has fallen at the hands of a man calling
himself a Union soldier. [The Ohio
Archaeological Council’s website has an interesting
explanation of the Battle of Buffington Island,
viz. http://www.ohioarchaeology.org/joomla/index.php, which can be accessed using
their site search
function.]

Died: In Harmar, Aug. 14, 1863,
after a long and painful illness, Chauncey T. Judd, in his
62d year. Mr. Judd was a widely known citizen of Harmar. He was a
native of Homer, N.Y., and came to this
county forty-three years ago, in the year 1820. He had been a member of
the M.E. Church for thirty-four years.

Died: In Watertown, Aug. 10,
1863, Capt. William Henry,
in his 62d year, one of the most
prominent and highly esteemed citizens of that vicinity.

Died: At her residence in
Belpre, [Aug] 11th, Mrs. Sally Goodno, wife
of the late Daniel Goodno,
aged 81 years. Mrs. Goodno was born in Newton, Mass., and was a
daughter of Col. Nathaniel
Cushing,
one of the first settlers of Belpre. Her father’s family
lived in “Farmer’s Castle,” in 1792,
in the time of the Indian War. She had been a member of the
Congregational Church in Belpre, from
its first organization, it is believed. She ver maintained a consistent
Christian character.

Died: In this city, [Aug] 26th,
the wife of Cornelius Tinkham.
[Note, the date is very hard to read.]

Died: In Harmar, Sept. 5, 1863,
Peter R. Putnam,
Esq., and great grandson of Maj. Gen. Israel
Putnam, in his 20th year. For the first time in
a period of nearly thirty years, death has visited this
branch of the family and taken from it one whose chances of life seemed
far better than that of many
others. How strange to us are the movings of Providence, and how are we
again reminded, “Be ye
also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man
cometh.” Mr. Putnam, a member of
the Marietta Battery, worn out by the excitement and exposure incident
to the Buffington Expedition,
during the late Morgan raid, gradually sank in a fever which baffling
the skill of physicians and the
tender nursings of home has added another victim to the slain by this
unholy rebellion. A dutiful
son, a kind brother, and affectionate husband and father taken from us
in the prime of life and in the
vigor of manhood. How can we still our throbbing hearts, but by that
grace which will enable us to
sincerely say, “Not our will, but thine be done.”
[Note: The Ohio Archaeological Council’s website
has an interesting explanation of the Battle of Buffington Island, viz.
http://www.ohioarchaeology.org/joomla/index.php, which can be accessed using
their site search
option.]

Died: In Greene Co., Ohio,
August 26th, Capt. Geo. W. Cox, aged 40
years, formerly a resident of
Washington county. Capt. Cox was for many years engaged in steam
boating on the Ohio and
Muskingum rivers and was well and favorably known, especially in the
Muskingum Valley. His
remains were brought to Marietta for interment and the funeral services
were performed by the Rev.
Mr. Windsor at the Unitarian Church. Capt. Cox bore an estimable
character in this community, not
only as a citizen, but as a business man, being strictly honest and
correct in all his dealings. His aged
parents and three brothers reside in this county and together with his
own bereaved family and a
large number of our citizens followed him to his last resting place in
the Mound Cemetery. He was
a believer in that faith which declares that God is Father of all His
children and that all will finally
rest in His presence forever.

Died: In Delaware, Sept. 2d,
Mrs. Delia McElroy,
wife of Lieut. Col. J.N. McElroy, of the staff of
Gen. Cox, in her 28th year. Her little boy,
three months old, died two weeks before. She was an
estimable lady who spent part of last winter in Marietta.

Died: In this city, [Sep] 18th,
after a brief illness, Mary Isabella Battelle, in
her 15th year, in the
faith and love of her Redeemer. “In Memoriam” - The
following thoughts suggested by the death
of Mary I Battelle were unanimously adopted by the scholars of the
Green Street Grammar School,
Sept. 21, 1863: As we look around our school room today and see a
vacant seat, sad thoughts fill
our minds and we scarce can check the rising tear. We lament a departed
loved one. Yes, death has
entered our school and chosen one of the fairest members. Our golden
chain of friendship is perfect
no longer. A bright link has been detached and transferred to the Maker
above. May it attract each
of us to that happy place, and though we all shall meet on earth no
more, may we assemble a united
school in heaven. We, her school mates, join together in ___ her sacred
memory and in testifying
that while with us, Mary was a friend ever true and faithful. We all
esteemed her for her affection
and kindness, and respected her for her amiable qualities of heart and
mind. The recollection of her
ladylike deportment and untiring industry is not lost to us and we
shall ever strive to imitate the
noble example she has left us. [Memorial poem follows.]

Died: Sept. 12, at Rappahannock
Station, Va., of chronic dysentery, Joseph T. Hutchinson,
of
Buell’s Pierpoint Battery, 30 years and six months. Worn out
by two years of arduous service,
though most cheerfully rendered, nature finally gave way, and the brave
and devoted soldier is at
rest, his name added to the mighty host of illustrious dead who have
laid down their lives in defense
of the Government of their fathers. His remains were buried from his
father’s, Joseph Hutchinson,
Sen., of Warren township, Friday, September 18th.
Ever sacred be his memory and the place of his
repose to his friends and countrymen. [Note: Information about
Buell’s Pierpoint Battery can be
found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohwashin/history-lowell-adamstwp.html ]

Died: In Marietta, Oct. 9,
1863, Thomas Vinton,
aged 82 years. Mr. Vinton was a native of
Braintree, Mass., where he was born Sept. 5, 1781. He was descended
from one of the earliest
Massachusetts families, John Vinton having settled in that colony, it
is believed, previous to 1643. He was a dealer in foreign dry goods in
Boston, from 1803 to 1817. In the latter year, he removed
his business to Philadelphia, in company with his brother Abel, who
formerly lived at Waterford in
this county, and T. & A. Vinton continued in business in that
city in 1831. In that year, Thomas
Vinton removed to Marietta, where he resided until his death, a period
of 32 years. His wife died
in Marietta, March 25, 1835, and he remained a widower more than twenty
years, and finally married
the widow of the late Dr. Jonas Moore, who
survives him. The late Hon. Samuel F. Vinton of
Gallipolis was a relative, likewise Rev. Francis Vinton, D.D., Rector
of Trinity Church, New York. A few years ago he wrote in a letter:
“It has ever been my desire to get through the world with as
little observation as possible and when I decease, the only fame I
covet is that of an honest man.”

Died: At Pennsylvania Furnace,
Greenup Co., Oct. 16, 1863, of scarlet fever, Arthur Gabaudan
Maddox,
younger son of A.R. and E.M. Maddox, aged 3 years and 1 month.
“And the Lord took
the child.” [Note: Age of child is difficult to read.]

Friday, Nov 6, 1863

Died: In Woodstock, Champaign
Co., Oct. 13, 1863, Mrs. Augusta S. Creighbaum,
wife of Geo.
W. Creighbaum and daughter of the late Judge Bial Stedman, of
Belpre, in the 35th year of her age.

Married: On the 4th
[of Nov], in Newport, by Rev. J.D. Riley, William Jarvis and
Miss Sarah L.
Cooke,
daughter of Emblen Cooke of West Virginia.

Married: On the 13th
[of Nov], in Adams township, by Chas. A. Boyd, J.P., Martin Penwell to
Miss
Hannah Clay,
both of Adams.

Died: At his residence in
Belpre, Nov. 11, 1863, Deacon Francis Stone, a well
known and highly
esteemed citizen of Washington County, aged 55 years. Obituary on Nov
27, 1863 - Died of
paralysis, Nov. 11, 1863, at his residence in Belpre, Ohio, Deacon
Francis Stone, aged 55 years. In
the sudden and unexpected departure of this well known citizen, our
church and community have
sustained a serious loss. He was stricken down on Monday evening, at
dusk, while engaged in the
active duties of life and in apparently good health, and lingered until
near eleven o’clock Wednesday
night, when the released spirit went from the labors and cares of earth
to the rest and rewards of
heaven. The departed possessed many worthy traits of character. He was
a sympathizer with human
suffering in all its forms. He was deeply impressed with the injustice
of that system of oppression
which has culminated in our present sanguinary struggle, and was a
zealous advocate for the freedom
of the slave, freely contributing his time and money for this purpose.
He deemed it his duty to vote
the anti-slavery ticket when such views were far less popular than at
present. His faith in the final
triumph of truth and right was unwavering and for him to decide in
favor of the justice of a principle
was to become an advocate of it, whatever it might cost. Mr. Stone
possessed a mind of more than
ordinary activity and was a diligent inquirer after truth, but his most
prominent mental characteristic
was his power to decide promptly and the tenacity with which to...[last
lines illegible].

Died: On the 9th
[of Nov], in Newport township, of diphtheria, Charlie H. Dornon, son
of Albert
M. (lately deceased) and Mary H. Dornan, aged two years, six months and
twenty-six days.

Died: In the General Hospital,
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 22d, Sergt. Abraham Green, in his
37th year. The deceased was a citizen of
Marietta for seven years, but a native of Kentucky. He volunteered
in the77th O.V.I., Company H, Dec. 19, 1861. He leaves a wife and four
children to mourn his loss. [Memorial poem follows.]

Friday, Nov 27, 1863

Born: In this city, Nov. 22,
1863, a daughter to A.T. Nye,
Jr.

Married: In this city, Nov. 26,
1863, by Rev. Mr. Windsor, James W. Nye to Miss
M. Catharine
Franks,
daughter of Owen Franks, all of Marietta.

Married: In this city, [Nov] 19th,
by Rev. T. Wickes, John Dakin,
of Harmar, and Alma Ann
Edgerton,
of Marietta.

Died: In this city, Tuesday
morning, [Nov] of diphtheria, after an illness of four days, Kitty W.
Hungtington,
daughter of Capt. James F. and Ellen Huntington, within nine days of 14
years.
[Memorial poem follows.]

Died: On the 9th
[of Nov], in Marietta township, of diphtheria, Charlie H. Dorman, son
of Albert
M. (lately deceased), and Mary H. Dorman, aged two years, six months
and twenty-six days.

Friday, Dec 4, 1863

Died: Marietta is now mourning
the death of two of her most promising young men, Capt. Wm.
Beale Whittlesey and
Lieut. George B. Turner,
92d O.V.I., who fell at the Battle of Mission
Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863 - young men raised here, educated here, and who
were ever known as “good
boys” - young men in whom centered the high hopes of their
parents, who are all living, of friends
and associates, and of the people. Thanksgiving morning, a dispatch
came that our forces at
Chattanooga had won a signal victory over Bragg’s rebel army
and the people rejoiced, yet how did
the hearts of those who had friends there beat rapidly between hope and
fear! Alas! The sorrow
came very shortly, in a dispatch from Dr. Cotton, that Capt. Wittlesey
was killed, Lieut. Turner
severely wounded [see 22 Jan 1864 for George Turner’s
obituary], and Lieut. Col. Douglas Putnam,
Jr., wounded in the foot Saturday evening. The dispatch was that Lieut.
Turner was “comfortable”;
Tuesday morning, “worse” and that evening,
“dead.” Capt, Whittlesey was the son of Hon Wm. A.
Whittlesey and was born in Marietta, Oct. 2, 1841, consequently he had
just passed the age of 22. He graduated at Marietta College, in the
Class of 1861. In the summer of 1862, he joined the 92d
Regiment, then not 21 years of age and as 2d Lieutenant, with very much
activity and energy, raised
a large portion of Company F, [under] Capt. Wm. Thorniley. George B.
Turner, son of S.R. Turner,
was born Nov. 13, 1840, and at his death was eighteen days over 23
years of age. He, too, graduated
at Marietta College, with the highest honors, in the Class of 1862.
Soon after graduating, he joined
the same company with Whittlesey as Orderly Sergeant. They left
Marietta with their regiment, Oct.
7, 1862, never more to return. Both became excellent soldiers, both won
the esteem of their
companions in arms, of their superior officers and both were deservedly
promoted - Whittlesey, on
the resignation of Capt. Thorniley to the command of the company and
Turner to Lieutenant and
Adjutant to the Regiment. In these capacities, they fought, won
distinction, and were safe through
the Battles of Chicamauga. The official report of Lt. Col. Putnam, who
took command after Colonel
Fearing was wounded, commended Capt. Whittlesey as
“especially deserving of notice for bravery
and coolness and for the manner in which his company was
managed” and further: “I feel under
obligations to Adjutant Geo. B. Turner, whose assistance was invaluable
to me, and whose coolness
and forethought were manifested on every occasion. He is deserving of
especial notice and
commendation.” Both gave up their lives in our and their
triumph at Mission Ridge. Their bodies
will be brought home for burial.

Married: Nov. 24, at the
residence of the bride’s father, by Rev. J.D. Riley, Mr.
George W.
Rowland,
of Newport, to Miss Selina A. Corner, of
Marietta.

Married: Nov. 19, by J.D.
James, J.P., John Elliott,
of Aurelius, and Sarah Holbrook,
of Salem.

Died: In this city, Nov. 25,
1863, Miss Catharine Stone,
aged 79.

Died: In Watertown, Nov. 20,
1863, W.F. Lasure,
aged 39 years.

Died: In Marietta, Nov. 17,
1863, Fianna C. Koontz,
in her 24th year. She bore her suffering with
Christian fortitude and died rejoicing in the Lord. [Memorial poem
follows]

Friday, Dec 11, 1863

Born: In Rome, Lawrence Co.,
Nov ___ , a daughter to Capt. D.F. Sayre, and
granddaughter to
Lewis Anderson of
this city.

Married: Oct. 5, 1863, by Rev.
F.S. Thurston, James W. Phelps,
of Parkersburg, West Va., and Miss
Louisa A. Taylor,
of Vincent. [The date of this marriage is transcribed as printed. It is
out of
sequence for the issue, however, and may be Dec. 5, 1863 instead of Oct
5. Please check local
records.]

Marriage License: Dec 5 to J.W.
Starlin and
Mary Porter,
both of Watertown.

Marriage License: Dec 9 to
Nathan Newton,
of Morgan County, and Charlotte Brown, of
Waterford.

Marriage License: Dec 10 to
Jacob Stoudger and
Almira Heddleston,
both of Grandview.

Marriage License: Dec 12 to
Annias Widger and
Edith Williamson,
both of Independence.

Marriage License: Dec 14 to
John Powell,
of Independence, and Barbara E. Richey, of
Ludlow.

Tribute of Respect: Delta
Chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity signed two resolutions, one for
Capt. William B. Whittlesey
and one for Adjt. George B. Turner, of
the 92d O.V.I., both
graduates of Marietta College, “the former of the Class of
1861 and the latter of the Class of 1862,
both original members of this chapter.”

Died: In Dunham, Dec. 20, 1863,
of typhoid fever, Samuel Louis Ellinwood,
son of S.D.
Ellinwood. Deceased was a promising youth, energetic and kind, and bid
fair to be an ornament to
society, one that could be pointed to by his friends with pleasure and
pride. But amidst all these
bright prospects, death came and he has gone. Such is the wisdom of Him
who “doeth all things
well.” [Memorial poem signed J.N.]

Friday, Jan 8, 1864

Born: In this city, New
Year’s evening, a daughter to Thomas Hodkinson.

Died: In this city, Jan. 14,
1864, at her residence, Tamma Payne, aged
80 years, 1 month and 27
days. Miss Payne was a native of Litchfield, Conn., and emigrated to
this county, with her parents,
in 1812. In the two years following she taught school in Marietta and
here she embraced religion,
and united with the Congregational Church in which she remained until
her death - possessing a
meek and Christian spirit, always contented and happy, especially in
the last year or two of her life
in which she endeavored to make a full consecration of herself to God.
She died without a struggle,
triumphant in the Lord. Many will remember the acts of kindness
received from her. She leaves
many friends to mourn her loss.

Died: At Chattanooga, Dec. 1st,
of a wound received at the Battle of Mission Ridge, Adjutant Geo.
B. Turner,
92d Regiment O.V.I., aged 28 years. The deceased was the eldest son of
S.R. Turner,
Esq., of Marietta, and a member of the Baptist Church in that city.
Eight years ago this winter, when
ninety-nine were baptized into the fellowship of the church in that
place, he was the first of that
number and from that time to his death his life has been the life of a
Christian, always exemplary,
steadfast, reliable and ready to work in the Master’s cause.
In June 1862, he graduated at Marietta
College with the first honors of his class and immediately enlisted as
Orderly Sergeant in the 92d
Regiment which was at that time forming at Camp Marietta. He entered
upon his work, as the writer
has reason to know, simply from a high sense of duty to God and his
country. His excellent qualities
soon made him a favorite with both officers and men. On the first
opportunity for promotion in his
regiment, he was made Adjutant, which position he filled with marked
fidelity and ability, both as
an office adjutant and also in the field. In this capacity, indeed, it
was often ____ for him that he had
not his superior in the Army. The books of the regiment as kept by him
were wont to be referred to
as models. On the field his coolness, bravery and officer-like conduct
called forth the special
commendation of his superior in his report of the part taken by the
regiment in the bloody battle of
Chickamauga. He had so won the confidence and admiration of General
Torchin as to receive from
him a proffer of a place on his staff. It was at that most memorable,
perhaps of the battles of our
war, Mission Ridge, that our brother fell, at the head of the regiment
rallying his men, when, for an
instant, they seemed to waver under the deadly fire, yet at the moment
of final victory. The acting
colonel had already fallen seriously wounded and there was not an
officer left to the struggling band
above the grade of captain. Just about the same time another Marietta
youth, also a graduate of the
same College in 1861, Capt. W.B. Whittlesey fell,
shot through or near the heart, and instantly
expired. Their bodies having been conveyed to their friends at Marietta
were both buried the same
day, Dec. __ [may be 29 Dec], with appropriate funeral services. At the
special request of the
stricken parents, the late pastor, Rev. L.G. Leonard, preached the
funeral sermon of Bro. Turner,
Text 1 Cor. XV:54, last clause. It was a solemn scene and a day much to
be remembered by the
citizens of Marietta. The great national victory was costly to them.
Three from among their most
promising young men - all graduates of their College- fell on that
field. One of them, however,
acting as Colonel, though severely wounded, is now doing well and will
recover. Our young brother
Turner possessed one of the most excellent and symmetrical characters.
High conscientiousness,
industry, faithfulness to every trust great or small, the habit of
doing every thing in the best manner,
firmness without obstinacy, a practical judgment, quick in its
conclusions and seldom at fault, and
above all and more than all, Christian faith and a Christian life
adorned by consistency, meekness
and good works. Such lives cut short we lament - the country mourns.
But such lives laid upon the
altars of our country are not lost. We sorrow with weeping friends, but
out of this deep gloom we
already behold the rising of the Star Promise, destined, we doubt not,
to usher in a brighter and better
day. Our land is being redeemed by the blood of her sons. And when the
redemption is complete,
let us hope that as a people we shall better understand the value of
our Government and its
institutions, and above all that we shall more reverently and
practically acknowledge that
“Righteousness exalteth a nation and sin is a reproach to any
people.” Signed: L.G.L.

Friday, Jan 29, 1864

Married: In this city, Jan __,
1864, by Rev. John M. Windsor, John D. Holden and
Miss Sallie A.
Booth,
daughter of Horatio Booth, all of Marietta.

Died: In Amesville, Athens Co.,
[Jan] 14th, of small pox, Absalom B. Glazier, in
his...a young man
of more than ordinary worth.

Died: In Adams, Jan. 25, 1864
[might be Jan. 26], after a short illness, Mrs. Weltha P. Dobbin, wife
of John Dobbin and daughter of F.C. and Polly Davis, in her
31st year.

Died: In Harmar, Jan. 26th,
of apoplexy, Elias Morton,
aged 59. He was a native of Freetown,
Bristol Co., Mass., descended from one of the most worthy families of
the old Pilgrim settlers of the
Plymouth colony. He was a near relative of Hon. Mareus Morton, a few
years since Governor of
Mass. Removed when nine years old to Gallia Co., and afterwards to this
county, he was for more
than forty years past a citizen of Harmar, esteemed by those who have
known him as an honest man.

Marriage License: Jan 23 to
James Steen and
Sarah E. Moyers,
both of Lawrence.

Died: “Death of
Wyllys Hall”
- Many of our readers will be surprised, as we were, to hear of the
sudden death of Wyllys Hall, one of the oldest citizens and business
men of Marietta. He died on
this (Thursday) morning, at 2 o’clock, Feb. 11, 1864, after
only about an hour’s illness, of spasmodic
asthma, in his 74th year. He was about his
labors, as usual, yesterday and retired for the night, with
everything prepared to go to work at an early hour this morning, but
his labor on earth was ended. Mr. Hall had been widely known as a
business man of Marietta, for nearly half a century. He came
from New London, Conn., in 1817. He was industrious; for a time
merchandizing, again running
a steamboat, then trading upon the river, and for many years carried on
a bakery in which business
he was engaged at the time of his death. He was a member of the first
Council of Marietta, after its
incorporation, in 1826. For many years, he was a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. The
funeral will be in the Centenary M.E. Church, next Sunday, at 2
o’clock P.M. [See also Feb 19,
1864.]

Married: On the 4th
day of Feb., 1864, by John Test, J.P., Lieut. Joseph Schlund, of
Company H,
16th Illinois Infantry. and Elizabeth Becker, of
this city.

Married: In Harmar, Feb. 9th,
by Rev. W. Wakefield, William H. Rardin, of
Berne township, Athens
Co., member of the 2d Virginia Cavalry, to Miss Cynthia Cordry, of
Harmar.

Married: On the 10th
[of Feb], by John Test, J.P., John Atkinson, of Company B, 39th
O.V.I., and
Miss Lucy Abbott, of this city.

Married: On the 10th
[of Feb], by John Test, J.P., Farnum Abbott, of
Company B, 39th O.V.I., and
Miss Martha King,
of Zanesville.

Married: Jan. 26, 1864, James Gilpen, of
this county, and Margaret J. Rutter,
of Vinton county.

Married: Jan. 31, 1864, by Rev.
W.M. Grimes, John W. Beckett,
of this county, and Caroline
Roberts,
of McConelsville.

Died:
“Obituary” - Wyllys Hall was
born in Colchester, Conn., Aug. 29, 1790, moved to Marietta,
Ohio, 1817, where he lived, labored, suffered and died. For fifty years
he was a faithful member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. Forty years of that time he was an
efficient officer in the church. He superintended the first Sabbath
School organized by the Methodists in Marietta. For some
months past his natural strength failed quite rapidly, still he was
able to attend to the regular routine
of business until the last night of his life. He retired to rest as
usual, but about midnight a call was
made by the angle of death - the family was alarmed, yet hoped he would
soon recover. Bro. Hall
felt however that his time had come and said, “My work is
done, I will soon be home.” And at two
o’clock, Thursday morning, Feb. 11, 1864, he sweetly fell
asleep in Jesus. On the following
Sabbath, his remains were carried to the church where he had worshiped
for about 23 years and a
discourse was delivered by the writer of this notice, to one of the
largest congregations ever
convened on such an occasion in this place. His numerous relatives and
friends then followed him
to the grave where we laid him down to rest until the resurrection
morn. [Memorial poem follows.] Signed: C.D. Battelle [Note: This name
is mostly illegible.]

Marriage License: Feb __ to
Samuel Harris and
Anna Dornan,
both of Marietta.

Marriage License: Feb 8 to
Henry Kellner and
Caroline Gilcher,
both of Marietta.

Died: At his home, in Cairo,
Ill., Monday morning, Feb. 15, 1864, after a brief illness, Robert
McCabe Jennings,
in his 36th year, son of Julia Jennings, of
Marietta. From the Cairo, Ill. “Daily
Democrat” - Mr. Jennings was born in Marietta, Ohio, where
his parents and many of his relatives
still reside. He located in this cit some seven or eight years ago and
appeared before the public in
many places as a business man. No one had a more general acquaintance
with the public than he. And, thus known, we can pay him a tribute,
which but very few men in a lifetime earn - he gave no
man just cause for enmity. In his position as deputy Postmaster, during
the past five years, a
situation very difficult to satisfactorily fill, he won the ardent
friendship and kind consideration of
every one, male or female, young or old, without an exception worthy of
a moment’s thought. Always genial, active and urbane, no one
came in contact with him either in a business or social way
without feeling his or her heart warm toward him as toward a brother.
He was a stranger to other
than noble impulses and possessed a heart almost too pliable to the
touch of sympathy for his own
good. No one claiming to be destitute ever called upon
“Bob” and turned away empty handed and
more than this, no deserving enterprise failed to find in him an
earnest advocate and a liberal friend. He has passed away, however,
leaving only o all that was good and loveable, his cold inanimate clay.
Over that, his hosts of friends, his stricken wife and Masonic brethren
have dropped many, very
many bitter tears, feeling almost that their very hearts be encased in
the coffin beside him. Poor
“Bob” - we all bid you a long and eternal FAREWELL.

Friday, Feb 26, 1864

Born: Saturday, Feb. 21st,
a son to W.W. Loomis.

Married: On the 21st
[of Feb], by Charles A. Boyd, J.P., Mr. George Long, of the
36th O.V.I., and
Miss Mary Wilson,
both of Adams.

Married: On the 21st
day of February, 1864, by John Test, J.P., John Gorley, of
the 36th O.V.I., and
Miss Elizabeth Campbell,
of Marietta.

Married: In Warren, Thursday
evening, February 18th, by A.G. Hollister, J.P.,
Mr. Albert Chute,
of
Fairfield, and Miss Josephine Rumerfield,
of the former place [i.e., Warren].

Married: On the 18th
of Feb., 1864, by Rev. L.L. Fay, Thomas Flanders, of
Fearing, and Emily L.
Perkins,
of Salem.

Died: In Belpre, Feb. 17, Wm.
W. Loring,
in the 25th year of his age. “The dust
returns to the dust
as it was. The spirit to God who gave it.” William has lain
aside his earthly vesture for one that is
spiritual and heavenly. He has been quickened into a better and
brighter life. God’s angel broke the
chain that bound him to mortality and delivered him from the bondage of
corruption into the glorious
liberty of the immortal ones. We would not call him back if we could,
for he desired to go , and we
know that he is free and walks upon the shining shores of that
beautiful land where disease and death
are unknown. William was a good young man. Small indeed is the number
of men in any
community who have as few faults and so many virtues as he. His social,
frank and friendly
disposition won him many friends. His energy, enterprise and business
talent commanded respect;
and the constant kindness and consideration with which he trusted every
one, especially his mother,
spoke volumes for the nobleness of his nature and Christian character.
His funeral was held on
Sunday, the 21st, in the Universalist Church in
Belpre, where an unusually large number of people
assembled to show their respect for the departed and sympathy for the
afflicted, and where a sermon
was preached by the writer. Signed: J.W.M.

Died: In Dunham,, Feb. 15, of
typhoid fever, Amos P. Delano,
aged 43 years. Mr. Delano was a
prominent member of this community, honest, industrious and a true
friend to those in want, a man
active in all the enterprises of his community, public spirited, taking
a liberal view of what
constituted good society. He was known as a warm friend of schools and
religious meetings, for
each Sabbath his influence was felt in every good work, and long will
he be remembered and his loss
felt. Signed: J.N.

Died: In Dunham, Feb. 17, of
typhoid fever, Allin O. Ellinwood,
aged 17 years. Mr. Ellinwood
was a youth of promise, a favorite among his mates, at school a leader.
He bid fair to be a scholar
of the first class. His future seemed bright to his friends, but alas
how transient all his high hopes
and those of his friends. After an illness of eight or nine weeks, when
his time had come, he was
aware of it, and disposed of his books and keepsakes, calmly talked of
his departure to meet his
mother, who had gone about a year before, and his younger brother, who
had gone a few weeks
before. Such is life. Signed: J.N.

Died: In Dunham, Feb. 19, at
the residence of his brother, of typhoid fever, Alphonso Smith, aged
24 years. Mr. Smith had finished or nearly finished his education, was
a successful teacher - was
engaged in his occupation, when this terrible disease that is spreading
over this community, seeming
to carry all in its course like the Simoon of the desert, marked ___
for one of its victims. His loss
is mourned by a large circle of relations and friends. Signed: J.N.

The above [Delano, Ellinwood,
Smith & Martin] were all within a mile and a half of each
other. A
large number are still very sick. The disease seems to spread like the
smallpox or measles. Signed:
J.N.

Died: In Belpre, Feb. 4, of
typhoid, Mrs. Caroline M. Dillay,
aged 53 years. Mrs. Dillay was born
in this vicinity and always lived here except a short residence in
Harmar. She was loved by all, had
a large circle of acquaintances who now join her husband and children
in mourning her loss. She
was for many years a member of the Methodist Church and a true
Christian, an ornament to her
Church and the society in which she moved. Signed: J.N.

Died: Dr. Pardon Cooke, Jr.,
youngest son of Rev. Pardon and Mary Cooke, was born at
Parkersburg, Va., on the 10th days of January
1823. In September, 1832, the family moved to Ohio,
where the deceased has ever since resided. In March 1852, he graduated
as a Physician at the
Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio. In November, 1852, he was
united in marriage with
Mary Ellen, eldest daughter of Hon William E. Hunter of
Woodsfield, O., soon after which he
settled in Marietta and entered upon the practice of his profession. In
1854, his only son was born. On the breaking out of the Rebellion, in
1861, he deemed it proper that the family to which he
belonged should have at least one representative in the Union Army, and
accordingly applied for and
obtained a Commission as Assistant Surgeon in the Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, in October, 1861. Shortly after, he was assigned to duty in
Gen. Cox’s Division of the Army, in the K___wha Valley
in West Virginia, where he remained until February, 1862, when he
returned to Ohio and entered
upon duty with the 77th Ohio Regiment. He
remained with the 77th ever afterward until his
death,
and was with it at the Battle of Shiloh, or Pittsburg Landing, and
during the march of our army from
that point to Corinth, Mississippi and Memphis. In August, 1862, the
regiment was removed from
Memphis and stationed at Alton, Illinois, in charge of several thousand
rebel prisoners. In July,
1863, he was ordered into Arkansas and formed a part of the forces
under command of Maj. Gen.
Steele, sent out from Helena for the purpose of capturing Little Rock.
On the march of this
expedition through the swampy lands of Arkansas, the deceased was first
attacked with chill and
fever. Further on in the march, the fever assumed a serious type and he
at once tendered his
resignation with a view of returning home. But it was now too late. On
Sunday, the 30th of August,
he was placed upon a steamer at Duvall’s Bluff to be returned
to Ohio. At 5 o’clock the next
morning, while on the way down White River, his disease terminated
fatally. His body was then
returned to Duvall’s Bluff where, on the same day, the 31st
of August, it was interred by the regiment. Remaining thus interred for
5 and a half months, the remains are now brought home for deposit in
their final resting place.

Married: At Prospect Hill,
March 30, 1864, at the residence of the bride’s father, by
Rev. J.W.
McMaster, Mr. Benjamin Bragg
and Miss Frances Putnam,
daughter of Major L.J.P. Putnam.

Died: In this city, March 28,
1864 [Note: Date might be Mar 23rd], at the
residence of A.L.
Guitteau,
Mrs. Temperance Backus,
aged 78. Mrs. Backus was a daughter of Col. Abner Lord,
an enterprising merchant of Marietta at the beginning of the century.
He subsequently removed to
Columbus and became one of the judges of Franklin county. He died, we
believe, in 18___. Hon.
Abner L. Backus, of Toledo, member of the Board of Public Works from
1858 to 1861 is her son. She was in the truest sense a lady and much
beloved.

Died: In the hospital at
Decatur, Alabama, March 18, 1864, of measles and pneumonia, James
Dudley Palmer,
son of James M. and Sophia Palmer, of Palmer township. The deceased was
a
member of the 63rd O.V.I., having enlisted five
weeks previous to the time of his death.

Died: In Newport township,
April 4th, Mrs. Susan Corner, aged
74 years. The deceased was a
native of Mass., a granddaughter of Gen. Rufus Putnam, and
when but two weeks old, in June,
1790, she removed to this State, being brought the whole distance in a
wagon drawn by oxen. Long
a professed friend of Jesus, she illustrated her religion by a
consistent life.

Died: In Cincinnati, April 3,
1864, Florence Oliva, only child of John M. and Oliva Perkins
Bennett,
aged 2 years, 10 months, and 1 day. The body was brought to Bonn and
interred, April
6th, in the graveyard near the Universalist
Church when a funeral discourse was preached to friends
and relatives by J.W.M.

Died: At his residence, in
Harmar, March 29, 1864, of consumption, Rollin C. Vincent,
formerly
of Vincent, Ohio, aged 29 years. Many hearts will be saddened to learn
that this quiet, unassuming
gentleman is no more. He was a true man. His life was beautiful. Always
guided by a high sense
of justice and moved by noble impulses, he established a character
above reproach; and he drew
around him a circle of friends who will mourn his loss and cherish his
memory while they live.
[Memorial poem follows.]

Died: In Ironton, April 1,
1864, James M. Amlin,
aged 61. Mr. Amlin was a former well known
citizen of Washington county. He united with the Presbyterian Church I
n the year 1826. The year
following he was elected a Ruling Elder and for twenty-three years of
his life filled that office in the
different churches of which he was a member. As a husband, he was kind
and affectionate; as a
father, indulgent and ever careful for the welfare and religious
training of his children. He had the
happiness of seeing all his children, who arrived at maturity,
consecrate themselves to God, and
united with His visible church. In his family and in his daily walk
with the world, he lived the
religion which he professed. In him, the poor always found a ready
help. The needy he never turned
away empty. An unwavering faith in his Heavenly Father characterized
every act of his life; and
when called upon to pass through afflictions (and few men have been
more afflicted), he exhibited
the faith exemplified by Job: “Though he slay me, yet will I
trust in him.” Until within a few years
past, he was so situated that his house was the preacher’s
home and its hospitalities were as cordially
extended to other denominations as to the society of which he was a
member. His liberality to other
denominations led them to feel that he was a “companion to
all those that feared the Lord.” His
thorough knowledge of the Word of God eminently qualified him as a
Sabbath School Teacher and
as such from his early youth he has ever been engaged. Adhering
strictly to principle, he never
faltered in the face of all opposition to perform what he considered
his duty. The House of God was
his delight and his seat was never vacant when in health. Firm in the
belief that God never made a
tyrant or a slave, he ever sympathized with the oppressed, listened to
the voice of woe and passed
not by on the other side. Strictly temperate in his habits, he labored
diligently and uncompromisingly
in the cause of temperance. As a citizen and neighbor, those who knew
him best prized him most. His summons, though unexpected to his
friends, found him “with his lamp trimmed and burning,
waiting for the coming of the Lord.” Though deprived of the
power of speech during the latter part
of his illness, his friends feel that his “life is hid with
Christ.” His prayers and counsels will be
missed, but we feel that another link has been added to that chain
which binds us to Heaven.

Died: In Shirley, Mass., April
2, 1864, Mrs. Betsey H. Dodge,
aged 67 years, mother of Mrs. James
Holden of
this place.

Died: In Dunham, April 6, 1864,
of typhoid fever, Sylvester Warren Elenwood, in
the 22nd year of
his age. Warren suffered much and long before deliverance came, being
unable to sit in a chair for
105 days. Yet he bore his sufferings with patience, and looked forward
with pleasure to the time
when he hoped to meet again his mother and brother gone before, in a
better land. He was a young
man who had an unblemished character and many friends. His funeral was
held on the 8th of April,
at the residence of his father, when a sermon was preached to relatives
and friends by the writer. Signed: J.W. McMaster.

Died: At Marietta, Ohio, on
Saturday, P.M., April 9, 1864, Elizabeth Clark Ward, eldest
daughter
of Wm. S. and Catherine Ward. The death of this estimable young woman
was almost as great a
surprise to her own family as to the community. Although she had been
sick of typhoid fever for
several weeks, at times apparently in danger, yet the last week had
developed favorable symptoms
and those who so long and faithfully had watched her were cheered by an
almost an assurance of her
recovery. But on Saturday morning it was evident she was sinking and at
4 P.M. she quietly ceased
to live. It is always a difficult task to write justly of one like her.
Those who knew her best and
loved her most would feel any estimate too formal and cold, while it
would not be easy to describe
her beauty of nature to those who did not know her. Under the veil of
an unusually reserved manner
for one so young were concealed the elements of the admirable womanhood
into which she was just
blossoming. In twenty days she would have been eighteen years old.
[Rest of obituary illegible.]

Friday, Apr 22, 1864

Married: At Barlow, on the 12th
[of Apr], by Rev. D.C. Perry, Mr. John C. Louthan, of
Company
F., 36th Reg’t, O.V.I., and Miss Jane Haddow, of
Barlow.

Married: April 17, 1864, John
M. Crawford,
of the 36th O.V.I., and Miss Susan A. Blair, both
of
Liberty.

Married: At Rouse’s
Point, N.Y., March 24, 1864, by Rev. Mr. Marvin, James Henton, 1st
Lieutenant, 14th U.S. Infantry, of Marietta, O.,
and Helen August Crook,
daughter of Hon. Thos.
Crook, of the former place.

Married: On April 16, 1864,
Church Murdick and
G. Elizabeth Hartwig,
both of Liberty township.

Died: In General Hospital No.
4, Knoxville, Tenn., April 7th, 1864, of wounds
received on the 10th
day of December last, William Augustus Gill, of
Company H, 7th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. He was
buried with military honors, by Company G of the same Regiment.

Friday, Apr 29, 1864

Born: In Milwaukee, April 15,
1864, a daughter to Gen. T.C.H. Smith.

Married: March 28, at Marietta,
by Rev. G. Schulz, Mr. Joseph Good and
Miss Agnes Richter,
both of Parkersburg, Va.

Married: On the evening of the
20th of April, by Rev. G. Schulz, Mr. John Mahnken and
Miss Mary
Danker,
both of this city.

Died: Near this city, on
Sunday, April 24, 1864, Timothy Cone, aged
87. Mr. Cone was one of the
oldest and highly respectable citizens of this county. He was a native
of Connecticut. He came to
this county in 1802, sixty-two years ago. His father was a naval
officer and was lost at sea early in
the Revolution. His mother was a daughter of Gen. Spencer of the
Revolutionary Army. He had
been a member of the Presbyterian Church for over 30 years.

Friday, May 6, 1864

Died: In Windsor township,
Morgan county, April 29, 1864, Charles J. Murdough, of
the __nd
O.V.I.

Died: In Beverly, April 27,
1864, John V. Johnson,
aged 48.

Died: In Independence township,
April 23, 1864, Samuel Kemper Rea, of
Company H, 7th O.V.I.,
aged 23. He was in the service nearly a year, leaving a widowed mother
and a comfortable home. He came from Kentucky last year, with the
cavalry in t he long pursuit of Morgan, over three weeks
in duration and after the fight at Buffington was permitted to return
home, his health being broken
down. He never was able to return to his regiment, but sank gradually
into the grave. He was a
highly respectable young man, a faithful and a brave soldier.

Friday, May 13, 1864

Born: In Canton, Mass., April
27, 1864, a daughter to Rev. E.C. Guild, and
granddaughter to Mrs.
E.R. Cadwallader of
this city.

Married: On the 10th
day of May, 1864, by John Test, J.P., Mr. Amos Thomas and
Miss Louisa
Sprague,
all of this county.

Died: In Cincinnati, May 16,
1864, Charles Theodore Wildt,
son of Capt. Joseph Wildt, formerly
of this city, aged 16 years.

Died: In Windsor Township,
Morgan county, April 29, 1865, of chronic diarrhea, Charles J.
Murdough,
aged 24 years. He was a member of Company G, 92nd O.V.I., having
enlisted when
the company was first raised and served faithfully until incapacitated
by sickness. He was offered
an important and responsible position in the regiment,, but chose to
serve as a soldier in the ranks
and well and faithfully did he perform his part in the battles of
Hoover’s Gap, Chickamauga, and
Mission Ridge. Over-exertion in the latter brought on the disease of
which he died. When he found
there were no hopes of his recovery, he applied for and received the
first furlough he had asked since
he went out and had the satisfaction of dying at home and among his
friends.

Died: In Troy Township, Athens
county, O., May 11, 1864, Lydia Brewster. The
deceased was
born October 26, 1793, in Franklin, Delaware county, New York. Her
maiden name was Lydia
Waterman.
She removed, with her parents, in 1817, to Washington county, O., and
in 1819 was
married to Levi Brewster of the same county. In 1822, with her husband,
she removed to Chenango
county, New York. Having lost her husband a few years after, she
removed again in 1835, with her
children, to Ohio. Brought up in the way of morality by her Connecticut
parents, in early life she
joined the Presbyterians and to their principles adhered. Living with
her children, she was to them
an affectionate mother. She generally enjoyed good health, and when her
last illness came, though
death was unexpected by her friends, if not by her and she calmly died
as if she was going to sleep. Her only children, Richard and Sherman,
survive her.

Married: On the 28th
day of May, 1864, by E.T. Parsons, J.P., Mr. David M. Scott, and
Miss Mary
Ann McCuaig,
all of Barlow.

Marriage License: May 24 to
Thos. Ryan and
D.A. Woodford,
both of Watertown.

Marriage License: May 24 to
John K. Wilder and
Carrie P. Griggs.

Marriage License: May 25 to
David M. Scott and
Mary A. McCuaig,
of Barlow.

Marriage License: May 27 to
John F. Fleming and
Margaret S. Milligan,
both of Barlow.

Marriage License: May 30 to
Gawen Kirkbride and
Rachel Gooseman,
both of Grandview.

Marriage License: May 30 to
John Power,
of Union, and Mary Gates,
of Barlow.

Died: In Harmar, May 16, 1864,
of consumption, J. Heber Wilson,
son of John Wilson, in his 25th
year.

Memorial Tribute: From Company
A, 36th Ohio Veterans, for Corporal Lyman D. Perrin who
was
killed near Alderson’s Ferry, Greenbriar County, West
Virginia, May 18, 1864.

Died: It pains us to announce
the death of Charles Beman Gates,
First Lieutenant of company A,
148th Regiment, O.N.G. [Ohio National Guard]. He
died after a short illness at Harper’s Ferry,
Tuesday of this week - May 31st - only eight
days after leaving Marietta, in his usual health. His age
was about 20. Lieut. Gates was the only son of Beman Gates, Esq., of
this city. He was a young
man of a good deal of promise, of fine talents, a pleasant and
agreeable associate - and beloved by
all who knew him. He was a member of the Junior Class in Marietta
College. Mr. and Mrs. Gates
left for Harper’s Ferry Tuesday evening, but too late to see
their cherished son alive. They are
expected to arrive home with his remains this (Thursday) night. And on
Jun 10, 1864: “Death of
Lieut. Gates” - Only son of Beman Gates, Esq., of this city,
he was born October 30, 1844. He died
at Harper’s Ferry, May 31, 1864, in the 20th
year of his age. Of the many noble young men from this
city who have laid down their lives for their country in the present
sanguinary struggle, none have
died lamented by a wider circle of friends. While yet a lad, he had
exhibited in a high degree those
qualities which give promise of noble manhood. He was known as a
dutiful and affectionate son and
brother, unusually free from those irregularities of conduct to which
youth brought up in towns are
so prone. Having pursued his elementary studies in the public schools
of this place, he entered
Marietta College at the early age of sixteen. At the time of his death,
he was a member of the Junior
Class. While in college he gave high promise of excellence as a
speaker. During his last year of
study, he exhibited a marked mental growth and a rapid development of
manly qualities. Of a
stalwart manly form, a pleasing address, a frank open countenance, and
a generous nature, he was
a favorite among his fellow students; and he may be truly said to have
won the esteem and love of
all with whom he came in contact. Those who knew him best were aware
that he was a young man
of Christian principle and habitually influenced by strong convictions
of duty. Paramount to all other
duties, in the present crisis, seemed to him the duty to his country. A
brief term of service in a
volunteer company during the Morgan raid in 1863 had given him a slight
experience as a soldier,
enough to prove his soldierly qualities. He was afterwards promoted to
the office of First Lieutenant
under Capt. Knowles, though himself one of the youngest members of the
company. When at the
call of Gov. Brough his regiment (the 148th
O.N.G.), entered the service of the United States fora
hundred days, he went forth with cheerfulness and alacrity. While yet
scarcely out of sight of his
home, he narrowly escaped from a sad railroad disaster by which two of
his fellow students and one
member of his company lost their lives. The injury which he then
received, though deemed slightly,
may possibly have aggravated his final disease. Upon reaching
Harper’s Ferry, desiring to set before
his company an example of faithfulness, and disdaining to take as an
officer any indulgence denied
to the men, he submitted to an amount of exposure and fatigue beyond
what he was able to bear. He
was prostrated by an attack of pneumonia, which soon assumed a serious
form. When told that his
death was near, he received the news with cheerful resignation,
declaring that he was ready to go and
that he was not sorry for having obeyed the call of his country. With
adieus and kind words for the
loved ones whom he could no longer hope to see, he died, expressing his
firm hope of salvation
through the merits of the Redeemer. His remains were interred in this
city June 3, 1864.

Friday, Jun 17, 1864

Married: In Fearing, June 5,
1864, by Rev. G. Schulz, Lieut. August Kropp, late
of the 39th O.V.I.,
of Marietta, and Miss Harriet Pape.

Married: In Marietta, June 9,
1864, by Rev. J.W. McMaster, Mr. George Snyder and
Miss Elizabeth
Davis,
both of Lowell.

Died: In Middleport, Meigs
county, May 24, 1864, of consumption, Priscilla A. Cunningham, wife
of Robert A. Cunningham, and daughter of John A. Allen, in her ___ year
[may be 24th].

Died: Near Springville, Linn
county, Iowa, May 4, 1864, of measles, Addie Ellis, oldest
daughter
of Jos. A. and Augusta Ellis, formerly of Plymouth in this county, aged
21.

Died: The death of A.W. Landy, Co. B,
39th Ohio, from this county, occurred recently
in the
hospital at Nashville. [Date not given.]

Tribute of Respect: From
Independent Order of Good Templars at Plymouth, Washington county,
Ohio for Nathaniel A. Haynes,
18, a member of Co. D, 148th Regiment, O.N.G.
N.A. Haynes
drowned in Duck Creek, while at camp in Marietta.

Friday, Jun 24, 1864

Died: Joseph Kelley, one
of our oldest and most highly respected citizens, died on Saturday
night,
June 18, 1864, in the 80th year of his age. Mr.
Kelley was born in Plainfield, Mass., and when four
years of age came with his father “to the West,”
remaining at Pittsburg through the winter of 1788-9. In the spring
(1789), James Kelly, the father, removed to Marietta and in December
1789, Mrs. Kelly
gave birth to the first male child born in the colony, St. Clair Kelly,
a brother of the subject of this
notice, and who died about forty years ago. In 1790, the family removed
to Belville, Va., about thirty
miles below Marietta. April 7, 1791, early in the morning, Indians
attacked and killed James Kelly,
the father, who was in a field with a hoe, and defended himself
vigorously. He was shot down and
scalped. Joseph was with him and was taken prisoner by the Indians. He
was then in his 7th year. He was taken off by
the Shawnees to their towns in northwestern Ohio where he was adopted
by an
old warrior named Mishalena, who lived at a village on the St.
Mary’s river. He remained with the
Indians until the winter of 1795-6, nearly five years, when he was
released. He had lost the English
language and left his Indian parents with regret. He arrived in
Marietta in March 1796, and was
restored to his mother. Mr. Kelly had lived in Marietta during this
long period until last week,
universally respected. He was always a temperate and very moral man,
industrious and energetic. His early education was deficient and he had
no ambition for office, but he lived a useful citizen. He became a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, about thirty-seven years
since, and lived
in that faith until death. [Note: Surname is spelled both Kelley and
Kelly in this obituary.]

Died: In Magnolia, Harrison
county, Iowa, June 4, 1864, of typhoid fever, Lethe Loring Ford,
in
the 24th year of her age, a daughter of Judge
O.R. Loring, of Belpre. On the 22nd of last
March,
Lethe’s birthday when we saw her surrounded by a happy,
joyous circle, and she was made a wife
and bride by the holy rite of wedlock, little did we think we should be
so soon called upon to record
the fact that she had sundered all earthly ties - left all earthly
circles and gone where they neither
marry or are given in marriage, but are as the Angels in heaven. But
thus suddenly has she departed. Our friend, gentle, sincere and lovely,
treads the paths of this world no more. The day after her
marriage, she left the home of her father and went with her husband to
the West, where they hoped
to make them a new and happy home for years, but disease came, hoped
were blighted and in one
brief week the death Angel finished his work. She was a member of the
Universalist Church in
Belpre, a thoughtful, prudent and Christian woman. Her memory is
blessed. Signed: J.W.M.

Married: On the 28th
of June, 1864, in Lane Seminary Chapel, at Walnut Hills, by Professor
D.H.
Allen, D.D., his daughter, Sarah H. Allen to
Rev. John Mills Kendrick,
formerly of Marietta, and
now of Bass Islands, Lake Erie.

Died: At Point of Rocks, Va.,
June 23, 1864, of measles, Charles Humiston, of
Watertown,
Company I, 148th O.N.G., aged 40. He was buried
at Watertown on the 30th.

Died: In this city, July 2,
Ryland Waldo Delong,
son of Charles and Sarah S. Delong, in his 9th
year.

Died: In Fearing, June 29, at
the residence of her son, Mrs. Frances Angier, aged
75, a native of
Dighton, Massachusetts.

Died: Near Big Shanty Station,
Ga., on June 19, 1864, Nathan P. King, son of
Abel and Mary King,
of Decatur township, aged 17. He was a young man of energy and a true
patriot, the youngest of four
brothers in the army, joining Company K, 39th
Ohio Veterans last winter. He was shot through the
head on the evening of the 18th and survived
about twelve hours. In his death, we lose a true friend
and a noble soldier. Signed: A.H. McT.

Died: June 24, 1864, at
Pulaski, Tenn., of flux, Lieut. Richard D. Mason, son of
Adolphus and
Betsey Mason, in the 27th year of his age. The
deceased was born in the village of Lowell,
Washington county, Ohio, where he resided until the year 1862. In
October of that year, he enlisted
under Capt. John Williamson, as 2nd Lieut., Co.
B, 9th O.V.C. His regiment was at the siege of
Knoxville and in many other sharply contested engagements and long and
weary marches. In the
death of the subject of this notice, there is a sadness which casts a
gloom over his many friends and
associates. Like many of our noble young men, impelled by a sense of
duty to his country’s call, he
buckled on his armor and marched forth to fight the battles of his
country’s liberty. Alas! but to die
upon the altar of our country - ‘tis but gain. For many years
he has been the idol and pride of a large
number of associates who had been drawn around him by the kind and
noble spirit which he
possessed. But it is for us to write his praise, for it is engraved in
letters of golf upon the tables of
stone of the hearts of all that knew him. After exposures and fatigue,
endured through long marches,
he obtained a leave of absence for twenty days, and sought the home of
his childhood, where he
received the blessings and kind greetings of his grateful people. As an
evidence of loyalty and
devotion, he took to himself a wife, but only to remain for a brief
period when he must turn from his
birth place to the seat of his official duties in the army. He was
taken ill. Suffering for a short time
he calmly bowed to the will of the Universal Master, and when he
arrived on the brink of the river
of death, he met the terror nobly and cheerfully. And now, as the sad
tidings of his death wafts in
us, a void is felt which cannot be relieved. Weep not for him, friends,
his name is now written in
water but on the pages of glory in the history of our
country’s redemption. Mourn not for the lost -
the blighting hand of time may sever some of the delicate threads, but
it cannot divide the silken
cords which bind our country to her martyrs. [See issue of May 27, 1864
for marriage on May 12,
1864, of Lieut. Mason and Miss L.M. Shepard.]

Friday, Jul 22, 1864

Married: July 16, 1864, by
George M. Woodbridge, Esq., Hiram Beebe and
Miss Hannah A.
Wallace,
both of Watertown.

Died: At Sweet Sulphur Springs,
Va., June 24, 1864, Corporal C.J. Pewthers, Co.
F, 2nd Va.
Cavalry, aged 34. His life was another sacrifice laid on the altar of
his country. In his death, Liberty
has lost one of its most faithful defenders, his regiment a brave and
daring soldier, his family a kind
son and affectionate husband, and the community a good citizen. Modest
and retiring, he sought not
worldly honors, but strove like a true man to perform every duty. He
served his country long and
faithfully, and when called upon to lay down his life for the freedom
he had striven so earnestly to
perpetuate, he yielded it without a murmur, rejoicing that he could die
in such a noble cause. Though his friends are drinking the bitter cup
of sorrow to the very dregs, they mourn not as those
without hope. They know that their loss is his gain, that the patriot
soldier died as the Christian dies. Gladly did he obey the summons of
his divine Master. He was ready to enter into that “perfect
rest,”
prepared for the children of God. Though bowed down with sorrow, we
look forward in bright
anticipation of the resurrection morn when there will be no more
parting with loved friends, no tears,
no sorrow, but when all will be once more united, an unbroken ______ in
Heaven.

Friday, Jul 29, 1864

Born: In Rainbow, July 24,
1864, a daughter to R.N. Cole.

Married: July 6, 1864, by John
Test, J.P., Joseph Gracy
and Elizabeth Thurman,
both of Wood
county, West Va.

Married: July 22, 1864, by John
Test, J.P., Robert Howard
and Rebecca J. Miller,
both of this
county.

Married: July 27, 1864, by John
Test, J.P., Isaac J. Dickerson
and Elvira Turner,
both of Woods
county, West Va.

Died: In a hospital at
Nashville, Tenn., July 17, 1864, David Wright, Co.
G, 92nd O.V.I. He was
in the battles of Chicamauga and Mission Ridge. Near Marietta, Ga., a
short time since, while
building breast works, he was wounded in the heel by a minie ball.
Amputation and death followed. He was a fine young man and much
respected. Sergt. R.S. Wright (a brother) died about two months
ago.

Friday, Aug 5, 1864

Married: On the 15th
of July, at the home of Mr. Fawcett,
by Rev. E.W. Kirkham, Mr. Julius E
Chamberlain to
Miss Josephine Moore,
both of Marietta.

Died: Corporal William Henry Cutter, Co.
B, 77th Regiment, O.V.I., killed in the battle
of Jenkins’
Ferry on the Saline River, Arkansas, April 30, 1864. Corporal Cutter
was the son of Lewis J. Cutter,
Esq., of Union Township, and was born October 26, 1837. He enlisted in
the 77th Ohio, in December
1861, and was with the regiment in all its engagements previous to his
death. He was in the battles
of Shiloh, Fallen Timbers, Bayou Meteor, Little Rock and in all of the
other skirmishes and
engagements that the regiment took part in. In the expedition to Holly
Springs, Miss., in June 1862,
he, accompanied by one of his comrades, was sent in advance to
ascertain whether any rebel soldiers
were in the town. The streets were lined on both sides by rebel
citizens. As the two entered,, the
rebels said to them, “You are very weak this
morning,” to which Corporal Cutter replied,, “We
are
stronger in the rear,” of which the rebels were soon
convinced. In December 1863, while at Little
Rock, Ark, he re-enlisted as a veteran volunteer. On the 3rd
of March, 1864, the regiment left Camp
Dennison for Little Rock. On the 23rd of the
same month, it left Little Rock in Gen. Steele’s
expedition to Red River. The expedition reached Camden, Ark., April 15th,
but on account of Gen.
Banks’ defeat on the Red River, Gen. Steele had to fall back
to Little Rock. The rebels pressed him
closely on his retreat, and he reached the Saline River on the evening
of April 29. He was attacked
by the rebels early the next morning, while laying his pontoons across
the river, the engagement
lasting about seven hours. It was in this battle that Corporal Cutter
fell while nobly defending the
Flag of his county. In his death, Liberty has lost one of its most
faithful defenders, his regiment a
brave and daring soldier, his parents a kind son and his brothers and
sisters a kind brother. The only
object he had in view when he first enlisted and when he re-enlisted as
a Veteran was faithfully to
serve his country while God gave him health and life to do so.

Thursday, Aug 25, 1864
[Note: With this issue, the Register moved from Friday publication to
Thursday.]

Married: On the 11th
[of Aug], by Rev. E.W. Kirkham, at the house of Mr. Fawcett, W.W.
Discon
to Miss Elizabeth P. Wilson, both
of Athens county.

Married: On the 23rd
[of Aug], by Re. E.W. Kirkham, Marcellus Edlen and
Elizabeth E. Smith,
both
of Parkersburg, West Va.

Married: On the 24th
[of Aug], by John Test, J.P., William Seevers and
Marietta Carr,
both of
Newport.

Died: Aug 14, at his residence
in Fearing after a long and painful illness, John Collins, aged
63.

Died: In Canandaigua, N.Y.,
Aug. 11, 1864, Mrs. Mary Frances Mugridge,
wife of D.W. Mugridge,
of Chicago, and daughter of the late J.O. Cram, of this city. Few have
passed away from among us,
the circumstances of whose death have aroused more wide-felt sympathy
in the community than the
deceased. The playmates of her childhood, her schoolmates, her chosen
friends of later years, are
with us, and while all know her, many esteemed and loved her. It is not
a year since she left us, a
bride to reside in a northern city. As we thought of her in her new
home, it was of one in full health
and vigor, with the promise of years of life. Suddenly we were startled
by the intelligence that a
severe and perhaps fatal illness had seized her, that mother and
sisters had been summoned to her
bedside; then that they had reached her, but that the physician,
fearful of the result of excitement,
could not permit them to see her, and that thus excluded, they were to
await the crisis of her disease,
but as soon as all hope of recovery was abandoned, they should at once
be admitted to her room and
might remain with her to the last. Another telegram, hope is abandoned
and her friends are watching
her last moments. Another - Death has conquered and her remains are to
be brought at once to be
buried here. Soon after her arrival at Chicago, Mrs. Mugridge connected
herself with the Church
of Christ. A lady of that city, who had learned to love the newcomer,
assured her friends that she
was much impressed as she listened to the relation of her religious
experience which [was] examined
before her admission to the church. Her frankness, her earnestness, her
evident realization of the
solemnity of the occasion, the fact evident to all, that she was
telling what indeed had been her
heart...[remainder is illegible.]

Thursday, Sep 1, 1864

Born: In this city, August 21,
a son to A.R. Darrow.
[Poem follows]

Married: In Harmar, August 30,
by Rev. W. Wakefield, Mr.Loyd Boman and
Miss Mary Jackson,
both of Parkersburg, West Virginia.

Married: August 25, 1864, by
A.G. Hollister, J.P., James M. Sayres and
Miss Alice Carpenter,
all of Dunham.

Died: In Marietta, August 27,
1864, Lindley Vickers,
son of Jesse Vickers, aged 17 years and 2
months.

Died: In this city, August 27,
1864, Mrs. Betsey Russell,
widow of the late John Russell, Esq., of
Union township, aged 92.

Died: At Cutler Station,
M.&C.R.R., after a tedious illness of one year of cancer in the
left breast,
Bridget M. Carroll,
wife of John G. Carroll, aged 45 years.

Died: At City Point, Va.,
Samuel Earl Gorham,
Company H, 148th O.N.G., in his 41st
year. The
death of Mr. Gorham was caused by the explosion of the ordnance boat at
that place, August 9, 1864. He was a native and a respected citizen of
Dunham township in this county. The owner and
occupant of a small farm, his ambition was so to live as to merit and
enjoy the confidence of his
neighbors and the consciousness of having done his duty to his family,
friends, and country. And
he did not fail. Both as civilian and soldier, he did his duty. His
loss is sincerely deplored by a large
circle of friends. Signed: J.J.H.

Died: In this city, August 18,
1864, Gertrude Ione Porter,
daughter of George and Anna P. Porter,
aged 4 years and 5 months. [Memorial poem follows.]

Died: August 10th,
at the residence of Nathaniel Hambleton, of typhoid fever, Mary E. Hambleton,
aged 17 years, 9 months and 12 days. Mary, naturally amiable and
gentle, was beloved by those who
knew her. For several months past, she manifested an increased interest
in the study of the Bible and
attention to religious duties. Early in her painful illness, she was
much in prayer and desired the
prayers of all Christians. The Monday night before her death she was
very happy and sang several
hymns, as “Jesus, Lover of my Soul,” and
“Give me Jesus.” She had no fear of death, her only
regret
being that she had not always lived a Christian. She urged her parents
to meet her in Heaven and
she hoped to die shouting. And when the messenger came, her wish was
granted, for with a smile
of more than earthly radiance, she exclaimed, “Glory, glory,
glory be to God,” and shortly after
saying, “My God, how long? For evermore, evermore,
evermore.” She passed from earth, as we

trust. to learn more fully in
Heaven the lesson of praise begun here.

Thursday, Sep 8, 1864

Born: In this city, August 30,
1864, a daughter to Daniel G. Matthews.

Married: At the U.S. Legation
in Yeddo, Japan, June 9, 1864, by Rev. S.R. Brown, DeWitt Clinton
Brower,
Esq., of New York (formerly student in Marietta) to Miss Jennie N. Mann, of
Ramsgate,
England.

Married: In Marietta, September
7, 1864, by John Test, J.P., Samuel H. Pritchett and
Miss Nancy
Bowia,
both of Independence.

Married: In Salem, September 1,
1864, by G.W. St. John, J.P., Henry L. Ward, of
Noble county,
and Miss Sarah E. Hall,
of Salem.

Married: In Marietta, September
10, 1864, by John Test, J.P., Abraham McDonald and
Miss
Margaret Morse,
both of Taylor county, West Va.

Died: In Watertown, [Sep] 12th,
James Ross,
Esq., aged about 50.

Died: In this city, on Tuesday,
the 13th [of Sep], in the 27th
year of his age, Capt. Arthur D. Eells,
late of Co. H, 7th Ohio Cavalry. His funeral
will be attended on Thursday, the 15th [of Sep],
at 11
A.M., from the residence of his brother, J.M. Eells, on Putnam Street.

Thursday, Sep 22, 1864

Married: In Rockford, Ill.,
September 7, 1864, by Rev. Robert Collyer, of Chicago, Rev. F.M.
Holland,
of Marietta, to Miss Anna Bicknell,
of Rockford.

Born: In jail, in Marietta,
Sept. 29, 1864, a son to Mrs. Mary Steed, Mrs.
Steed having been
imprisoned for the past three months awaiting trial for the murder of
the little son of John B.
Dutton.

Married: In Harmar, at the
parsonage, Sept. 29th, by Rev. W. Wakefield,
William Wittekind
and
Miss Lucinda Thomas,
both of Warren.

Married: On the 30th
day of September, 1864, by John Test, J.P., Mr. John Watson, of
Troy
township, Athens county, and Mrs. Lydia Patterson of
Decatur township, Washington township
[sic].

Married: At Adams, on the 28th
of September, by Charles A. Boyd, J.P., Mr. Robert B. Griggs and
Miss Mary J. Smith.

Died: In the hospital, at
Nashville, September 29, Benj. F. Snodgrass, of
this city, in his 18th year.

Died: In Marietta township,
September 29, 1864, John Kitchen,
a native of England, and for forty-five years a resident of Ohio, aged
82.

Tribute of Respect: From the
members of Company A, 36th Ohio Veterans in
memory of Corporal
Albert Henton,
a member of the company, who was killed in the battle of Berryville,
West Virginia,
September 3rd, 1864.

Died: In Gallipolis, Oct. 1st
Lilly M. Jackson,
second daughter of George W. and Louisa Jackson,
aged 21 months and 17 days - the eldest having died previously at
Ironton. Also on the 10th, Mrs.
Louisa Jackson, wife of Geo. W. Jackson, formerly of Winchester, Va.,
in her 31st year. Also on the
15th, Mrs. Alicia Jackson, mother of Geo. W.
Jackson, formerly of this city, about 72.

Died: In Athens, Sept. 19,
1864, Mrs. Mary Pruden,
wife of the late Hon. S.B. Pruden, in her 65th
year.

Died: In Rainbow, Oct. 11, Mrs.
A.R. Stacy,
in the 45th year of her age. She died as she had
lived -
a Christian, industrious, affectionate, aiming to do all duties
belonging to her in life, in death
triumphant, rejoicing to go home. We would cheerfully submit to the
wise orderings of the good
Father knowing that our loss is her gain. Signed: J.W.M.

Thursday, Oct 27, 1864

Born: In this city, Oct. 20,
1864, a son to B.V.A. Miraben,
named Leonidas Victor.

Married: On Monday evening,
Oct. 24, at the residence of the bride’s father, by the Rev.
J. Boyd,
Mr. Joseph Dyar,
of Rainbow, to Miss Fannie M, Kendrick,
daughter of Prof. John Kendrick of
this city.

Married: November 2, 1864, by
John Test, J.P., J.P. Andrew Webster
and Rosanna Gossett,
both
of Watertown.

Died: In this city, October 28,
1864, Mrs. Rose Bruce,
wife of Almer Bruce, in her 29th year.

Died: In this city, Friday
afternoon, October 28, 1864, very suddenly, Elias Eveleigh, a
native of
England, but for many years a most worthy resident of Marietta, aged 68.

Died: October __, 1864, John Eddelston,
son of Mrs. M. EddeLston,
of Harmar, aged about 20. He was a member of the Pierpoint Battery,
stationed at Alexandria, Va. His remains were brought
home and last Sunday evening he was buried with military honors at the
Mound Cemetery in this
city. He was a good soldier. [Note: Date not given and surname is
spelled both ways.]

Died: In Albion, Marshall Co.,
Iowa, Nov. ___, 1864, Phinehas C. Keyes, aged
65. Mr. Keyes will
be remember by many of the older readers of the Register as he came to
Marietta with his parents
from New England, and resided here several years. Forty years ago, he
settled in Windsor, Morgan
Co. Here he remained till the present season when he purchased what he
regarded as a beautiful
home in town. He had but just taken possession of his new residence
when, after a painful sickness
of five weeks, he was called away. He was a man of strong and energetic
character, unwavering in
the support of what he believed to be right. Making a profession of
religion in the Congregational
Church of Marietta, and after his removal to Morgan Co., uniting with
the small Presbyterian Church
at Big Bottom, of which he was an officer, he was ever known as a
consistent and decided Christian. Though never having but limited
pecuniary means, he sought for his children the advantages of
education that should fit them for useful positions in society. One of
his daughters was, for several
years, a Missionary Teacher among the Choctaw Indians. Three of them
are now the wives of
clergymen. His three sons all living in different states enlisted in
the army. One of them was the late
Capt. Edwin Keyes, of the 116th Ohio, whose
memory will be precious to many as that of a patriot
and Christian. Though Mr. K. had so recently found so desirable a home
for himself and though he
felt that he had much to live for, yet, when the summons came, he felt
that he had more to die for. The better land shone so winningly that he
longed to depart. Not a cloud obscured his spirit’s vision.
To all who saw him, his language was, “I’m almost
home.”

Thursday, Dec 1, 1864

Married: On Tuesday, November
29, by Rev. J.F. Dilley, G.W. Chapman and
Miss Mollie E. Riggs,
all of Independence.

Died: In Fearing, on Saturday,
November 26th, Edwin A. Young,
youngest son of John and Jane M.
Young, aged 5 years and 4 months and 4 days.

Tribute of Respect: From
Members of Hall of Bartlett Lodge, No. 293, F.A.M., dated November 19,
1864, in memory of Milton O. Smith, “...who was among the
first to fly to the rescue of our beloved
country when her liberties were threatened and her flag insulted by
traitors in arms; and who, after
passing honorably and unscathed through the hardships and perils
incident to three years continual
warfare, finally yielding up his life at the bloody battle of Kenesaw
Mountain, while nobly opposing
his breast to the enemies of his country...” Mr. Smith was a
member of Co. D, 39th Regiment, O.V.I.

Thursday, Dec 15, 1864

Married: By Rev. I.N. McAbee,
December 3, 1864, Mr. S.G. Gould
and Miss A.A. Robinson,
both
of Washington County, Ohio.

Died: February 14, 1865, of
consumption, at the residence of Dr. Branson, in Chesterfield, Morgan
Co., Dr. S.C. Vanlaw,
formerly of Plymouth, this county, aged about 37.

Died: In Marietta Township, on
Wednesday, January 25, 1865, Johnson Bean, Deacon
of the Valley
Church. His funeral was attended on Thursday, the 26th,
by a large number of relatives and friends
of the bereaved family. Mr. Bean was born in Lower Canada, on the__ day
of August, 1818, but his
parents removed while he was an infant, to Vermont, in which State he
spent his youth and early
manhood. The family then removed to Massachusetts and he was, for some
years, Warden of the
penitentiary at Boston. While there, his attention became especially
engaged in the salvation of the
Gospel, and he was made a happy subject of regenerating grace. At first
he united with the
Methodist denomination. But on a more careful study of God’s
word, arriving at a clearer
understanding of the teachings and practices of the Gospel, he joined
the Baptist Church. By whom
he was baptized, or into what Church he was first received on
fellowship, is not known to the present
writer. About thirteen years ago, he came to Washington county, Ohio,
as contractor [sic] on the
Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad. He, not long after, united with the
Baptist Church of Marietta of
which Rev. L.G. Leonard was then Pastor. He settled on a farm about six
miles up the Ohio from
Marietta where, at the time, there was no church and very few religious
privileges and often was he
heard expressing his solicitude for the religious interests of the
community in which his lot was cast. He enlisted the members of the
Marietta Church to form a Sabbath School in the neighborhood and
that opened the way for the successful labors of Rev. J.S. Dawson, and
a revival was enjoyed and
a church organized. To that Church he removed his membership and became
its principal member,
giving it his care and time and means, and ready and solicitous, by
every means in his power, to
promote its interests and help the cause of Christ through its
instrumentality. Not long since, when
business in which he had engaged promised success and good profits, he
spoke of the facilities which
he hoped to possess of helping the cause and sustaining the Gospel in
his neighborhood as a chief
motive to his efforts. But he has gone at the age of forty-seven, in
the vigor of manhood, in the midst
of his usefulness and just when his prospects in life were brightening.
He left a widow and three
children - one of whom, a daughter, will doubtless follow him to the
grave before this appears in
print.. Another, a son, was some time since taken prisoner while in his
country’s service and
probably knows nothing of his loss. Mr. Bean will be missed exceedingly
in every circle where he
moved. He was active, energetic, practical, of sound judgment,
kind-hearted, and deservedly
esteemed by all who knew him. A breach is made in the Church which
seems irreparable. God by
his spirit alone can repair it. How mysterious are such providences.
His disease was typhoid. He
was delirious most of the time after he came to his bed. Once, in a
lucid interval, he looked
smilingly upward and said, “Home, Sweet Home!” But
seeing his wife in tears, he fixed his eyes
upon her and gave no further expression to the vision before him. But
doubtless his mind was on
his home in heaven. And to that heavenly home we are permitted to trust
he has gone, to mingle
with the blessed family there, in that presence where “there
is fullness of joy forevermore,” and to
enjoy “the rest which remaineth for the people of
God.”

Died: In Marietta Township, on
Monday, the 20th, Emma Bean, aged fifteen years
and six months,
daughter of Johnson Bean,
the subject of the preceding obituary. So soon Emma follows her father!

Thursday, Mar 2, 1865

Married: February 23, 1865, by
William P. Gamble, J.P., Mr. Amos Johnson and
Miss Deleska Ann
Tibbles,
all of Decatur.

Married. February 23, 1865, by
Rev. W.S. Benner, Mr. Edward Anderson
and Miss Jane Porter,
both of the western part of this county.

Died: In Harmar, February 16,
1865, Mrs. Emma L. Hart,
wife of Dr. Seth Hart, and daughter of
James Hiett,
of Briscoe Run, West Va.

Died: In Champaign Co., Ill.,
March 13th, an infant daughter of S.P. and O.C. Hovey, aged
five days.

Died: On the 7th
of March, of lung fever, Willard Grant, second son and fourth child of
Jane D. and
Charles Rowland,
of Newport, Washington county, Ohio, aged 11 months. [Lengthy memorial
poem follows.]

Died: At Nashville, last July,
of a wound received in the service of his country, at Marietta,
Georgia,
Mr. David Wright,
son of Mr. William Wright, of Tunnel Station, Warren township. The body
was
brought home for final internment and funeral services were attended by
a large number of
sympathizing friends of the family being present, on Sunday, March 26,
1865. This is the third son
of the family who has fallen in our country’s service.

Thursday, Apr 13, 1865

Married: In this city, on the
morning of April 6, by the father of the bride, assisted by Rev. Thomas
Wickes, D.D., Capt. William Holden,
A.Q.M., of Philadelphia, to Miss Sarah Hyde, eldest
daughter of President I.W. Andrews, of Marietta College.

Married: April 8th,
in Watertown, by E.T. Parsons, J.P., Charles McAtee and
Miss Rosanna
Hartshorn,
all of this county.

Married: On the 18th
of April [check date], at the Marshall House, by Rev. C.D. Battelle,
Mr. J.F.
Leap and
Miss Sarah P. Hutchinson.

Married: On the 10th,
at the residence of Capt. Blasdel, in t his city, by Rev. C.D.
Battelle, Mr. Frank
B. Westgate and
Miss Anna Liner.

Died: In Philadelphia, May 11th,
Henry Clarke Rogers,
many years ago a resident of Marietta, ____
of Fifth and Washington Sts., aged 83 years. [Write-up is barely
legible.]

Died: At the residence of his
grandfather, Junia Jennings,
of this city, April 24th, of inflammation
of the brain, ____ Jennings, youngest son of the late Robert M.
Jennings of Cairo, Ill., aged 20
months. [Memorial poem follows.]

Thursday, May 25, 1865

Marriage Licenses:

May
17George
Wilcoxen and
Eliza Tharp,
both of Athens county.

May
17John
Zumbro and
Louisa J. Hass,
both of Wesley.

May
17Benjamin
P. Bailey,
of Massachusetts, and Jane E. McElroy, of
Marietta.

May
18William
Jones and
Mary E. Drake,
both of Independence.

May
18Ephraim
Cooper and
Luar Pitts [check
spelling], both of Warren.

Married: In Cincinnati, April
27, 1865, Charles W. Bowen,
of Centreville, Iowa, formerly of
Waterford, this county, to Miss Annie Boyles, of
Cincinnati.

Died: In this city, at the
residence of A.T. Nye, May 22nd, 1865, of
paralysis, Mr. Joseph Lovell,
aged 38, son of the late Joseph Lovell, of Charleston, West Va., and
Mrs. ___ W. Lovell.

Died: In this city, May 18,
1865 [check date], Henry Rodick,
Sen., in his 73rd year. Mr. Rodick
came from Oldenburg, Germany, fourteen years ago. He was a soldier, in
his young days, in the
army of Napoleon. He was a quiet citizen and a most excellent man.

Thursday, Jun 1, 1865

Marriage Licenses:

May
23N.D.
Hayward,
of Waterford, and Eliza Bartlett,
of Muskingum

May
24S.W.
Dicks,
of Marietta, and Louisa Rivenburg,
of West Virginia

May
24William
Day,
of Noble county, and Margaret Dolman

May
25Robert
Criswell,
of West Virginia, and Eliza A. McKinney, of
Ohio.

May
27Andrew
B. Forrest and
Anna M. Athey,
both of Lawrence

May
27James
A. Johnson and
Jane Ingraham,
both of Salem

May
30Thomas
J. Conner,
of Newport, and Miss Belle M. Dye, of
Lawrence

Died: From the Rochester (N.Y.)
Express - Dr. Ebenezer Bowen,
A.M., died at his residence in the
town of Brighton, Monroe county, New York, on Monday, May 22, 1865,
aged 77 years. Dr. Bowen
was one of the pioneers of the West as a practitioner of medicine,
having located himself at Pittsford,
in this county, in partnership with Dr. John Ray, as early
as the year 1814. From then he removed
to Waterford, Washington county, Ohio, where he labored successfully in
his profession up to 1830,
and from thence to his present residence. He has ever sustained the
character of an honorable and
upright man, often sacrificing his own comfort and health for the
benefit of those from whom he
expected no reward. Perhaps no man has been more persistent in
discharging the various duties of
life than has Dr. Bowen. And even at the hour of death, his great care
was that his work was done
and well done. His last thoughts were for his country, requesting that
the Stars and Stripes should
float over his head in his expiring moments.

Thursday, Jun 15, 1865

Marriage Licenses:

Jun
8William
Friend,
of Pennsylvania, and Angeline Kelley, of
West Virginia.

Jun
8Frank
S. Davis,
of Athens county, and Mary G. Lawton, of
Barlow.

Jun
12J.C.
Delong,
of Grandview, and Lydia B. Reeves,
of Marietta.

Jun
12William
A. Hopkins,
of Cincinnati, and Emma Myers,
of Salem.

June
13Jas.
W. Davis and
Lucy A. Rightmire,
both of Newport.

June
13Lewis
Pfaff and
Lena Baker,
both of Fearing.

June
13James
Wood and
Sarah E. Perine,
both of New York.

Married: In Amesville, Athens
county, June 1, 1865, John Patterson
and Sarah E. Glazier,
both
of that place. [Check spelling of bride’s surname.]

Married: June 8th,
by John Test, J.P., Mr. William Friend, of
Pennsylvania, and Miss Angeline
Kelley,
of West Virginia.

Married: June 12th,
by John Test, J.P., Mr. J.C. Delong,
of Grandview, and Miss Lydia B. Reeves,
of Marietta.

Born: Friday, June 9th,
a son to J.F. Galtree,
of this city.

Died: At his residence, in
Addison township, Gallia county, Ohio, May 13, 1865, Mr. John
Leonard,
in his 75th year. He was once a resident of this
county and was a brother of Joseph
Leonard, of Palmer township.

Died: At Loveland, Hamilton
county, May 30, 1865, Henry Cushing,
in his 81st year. Mr. Cushing
was born in Boston, Mass., April 18, 1785. He was a son of Col.
Nathaniel Cushing, whose family
was one of the first that arrived at Marietta, in August, 1788, and who
was one of the first settlers
of Belpre, in 1789. He lived at Gallipolis many years, but latterly had
resided at Loveland and was
a consistent and highly respectable member of the Presbyterian Church.

Married: In Harmar, on the 15th,
by Rev. W. Wakefield, James Wood
and Sarah E. Perine,
both of
New York.

Married: In Harmar, June 20th,
by Rev. W. Wakefield, Mr. Archibald McAfee and
Miss Louisa M.
St. Clair, both
of Marietta. [Note: Bride’s first name varies from
“Licenses” above and “Married”
here. Typed as printed.]

Married: On the 15th,
by Rev. J.E. Sowers, Mr. John Scott and
Mrs. Lydia Sheets,
all of Harmar.

Married: In Belpre, on the 6th,
by Rev. C.D. Curtis, Mr. W.D. Browning, of
Knox county, and Miss
Hannah Love,
of the former place.

Married: On the 15th,
by Rev. I.M. Shields, Mr. Joseph Barker, of
Washington county, and Miss
Jennie Thorniley,
of Beaver, Pa.

Thursday, Jun 29, 1865

Married: In Belleville, Ill.,
June 21, by Rev. J.G. Forman, of St. Louis, J.A. Blake, one of
the
Editors of the Oil News, Pittsburgh, and Miss Anna L. Stoddard, of
Belleville.

Married: In this city, July 17th,
by Rev. W.M. Mullenix, Mr. John W. Masters and
Miss Elizabeth
Strouse,
both of West Virginia.

Married: In this city, on the 3rd,
by Rev. C.D. Battelle, Mr. J.M. Wright to
Miss Virginia
McAllister,
both of this city.

Died: In Addison township,
Gallia county, on the 7th, Augustus S. Guthrie, aged
about 69.

Died: On the Sabbath morning,
July 23rd, Wilbur Edward Mullenix, son
of Rev. W.M. and Fanny
T. Mullenix, aged five months and twenty-three days. [Poem follows.]

Died: In this city, on the 21st,
after a painful and lingering illness, Mrs. Amy Jones, wife
of Charles
Jones, in the 39th year of her age. In her
removal, a deeply bereaved and stricken family are called
to mourn the loss of a tender and affectionate wife, a loving and
cherished mother, whose parting
prayer and blessing tenderly beckon them to that heavenly rest which
Christ has prepared for all who
love him.

Thursday Aug 3, 1865

Born: In this city, Aug. 2,
1865, a daughter to Alfred F. and Belle J. Moore.

Married: Near Plymouth, at the
residence of the bride’s father, July 23, 1865, by Rev. J.H.
Hopkins,
Mr. Wilson S. Hart
and Miss Lorana Ellis.

Married: Also at the same time
and place [as above], by Rev. J.H. Hopkins, Mr. Isaac C. Roman and
Margaret E. English.

Married: In Chillicothe, July
27, 1865, by Rev. I.F. King, Oran M. Brown, of
Cutler, this county,
to Miss Isabelle Chestnut,
of the former place.

Married: In Aurelius, July 19,
by G.W. St. John, J.P., Eli Hammond,
of West Virginia, and Miss
Lucy S. Kelley,
of Salem.

Died: In this city, July 21st,
Mrs. Martha Elston,
wife of George Elston, in the 73 year of her age. During a long and
painful sickness, she was patient and resigned, and with a perfect
trust in her
Savior, she passed away from suffering to a “sweet rest in
Heaven.”

Died: In Waterford township,
July 30th, Charles C. Brigham, a native of
Massachusetts, and a brother
of Lucius Brigham of this city, aged ___. [Age not given.]

Died: In this city, Aug. 1, of
consumption, Joseph Moncy,
son of Sinclair Moncy, aged 25.

Died: In this city, Aug. 1st,
from a stroke on Saturday previous, Moses Pyles, aged
42.

Died: July 28, Miss Mary Jones, in her
31st year - a member of the colored Baptist
Bible Class in
this place, she died a Christian, was formerly of Decatur township, and
a native of Virginia.

Died: From comments and
resolutions of the county Bar Association - “Judge Arius Nye, July 27th,
1865, at 2 o’clock A.M., aged 72 years and 7 months, the
oldest native born citizen of Ohio except
one, and perhaps the oldest practicing lawyer of this State, departed
this life after extreme suffering
for many months.

Thursday, Aug 10, 1865

Born: In this city, Aug. 8,
1865, a son to Rev. J.W. McMaster.

Married: In this city, on the 2nd,
by Rev. Thomas Wickes, D.D., Mr. Isaac Carver and
Miss Drusilla
Vanwey,
both of Newport Township.

Died: At his residence in Round
Bottom, Waterford Township, Washington county, Ohio, on the 30th
day of July, 1865, after a sickness of about two weeks, Mr. C.C. Brigham. The
deceased was born
in Princeton, Mass., Nov. 19, 1811, consequently was in his 54th
year. He made profession of
religion and united with the Church of God in his youth. After coming
to the west, he united with
the congregation of the C.P. Church in Beverly, Ohio. During the year
of 1845, he was elected and
ordained Ruling Elder in the congregation, which office he occupied
until his death. As a husband
and father, he was confiding and affectionate. As a neighbor, he was
accommodating and pleasant. As a Christian, he was faithful and
constant. As an officer in the congregation, he was very cautious
and prudent. He died, as he had lived, expressing strong and abiding
confidence in the Saviour. His
family and brethren and sisters in the church greatly lament his
absence, but “do not weep as those
that have no hope.” They believe that he has gone to the
“rest that remains for the people of God.” May his
death be sanctified to the spiritual benefit of his bereaved family and
all his brethren and
friends. Signed: Thomas Truman, Pastor, Beverly, O., August 18, 1865.

Died: At her residence, in
Ludlow township, Aug. 25, 1865, after a long and severe illness, Mrs.
Henrietta Tice,
wife of Soloman Tice, aged 54.

Died: In Marietta, Aug. 23rd,
1865, Mrs. Nancy McAllister,
in the 94th year of her age. Thus has
passed away one of our oldest persons of our county, and one of the
most respected residents. She
had lived here just 50 years, moving to Marietta in 1815. Her husband
died in 1818, leaving her with
twelve children, yet she was able with her energy and intelligence to
keep her family together, give
them all a fair education, and fit them for usefulness and
respectability. Eight of those children now
survive her and were at her funeral, all of them are over ___
[illegible] years old, and three are more
than 70. She was a woman of great industry and energy of character. She
possessed a kind and
generous heart. No one was ever sent hungry from her door. She lived
and died in faith and feeling,
a Christian. Her memory is blessed. Her funeral took place on the 23rd.
The sermon was preached
to a large number of relatives and friends by J.W. McMaster.

Thursday, Sep 14, 1865

Marriage Licenses:

Sep
7Wm.
M. Covey,
of Marietta, and Jane Templeton,
of Lawrence.

Sep
7James
M. Chapman,
of West Va., and Columbia A. Thrash,
of Marietta

Sep
8Soloman
Tice and
Mrs. Nancy Adams,
both of Ludlow.

Sep
9Wm.
G. Lowry,
of Pomeroy, and Elizabeth Hern,
of Newport.

Sep
11Daniel
W. Robinson,
of Parkersburg, and Mattie F. Buckner, of
West Va.

Sep
11Alex.
W. Barnes and
Margaret G. Timms,
both of West Va.

Sep
11Patrick
Monhan and
Sibbia Jennings,
both of Warren.

Sep
11Seneca
A. Cowee and
Susan Bucey,
both of Wesley.

Sep
11Lewis
Noe and
Elizabeth Wilking,
both of Marietta.

Sep
11Martin
V. Taylor,
of West Va., and Sarah Meserva,
of Marietta.

Sep
12Robert
Myers,
of Morgan Co., and Cornelia Jones,
of Decatur.

Sep
12James
Dunn and
Rhoda Jaynes,
both of Marietta.

Married: Sept. 12, 1865, by
Rev. C.D. Battelle, James Dunn
and Miss Rhoda Jaynes,
all of this city.

Married: In Beverly, on the 6th,
by Rev. J.W. Fouts assisted by Rev. S. Siegfried, R.A. Fowler, of
Cincinnati, and Miss Mary J. White,
of Beverly.

Married: On board the steamer
Viola at this city, Aug. 31st, by Rev. W.M.
Mullenix, Mr. N.W.
Magruder to
Miss Mary E. Young,
both of Matamoras.

Married: On Sept. 12, 1865, at
the Bissantz House, in this city, by John Test, J.P., George W.
Sleigh,
of Beverly, late of Company A, 92nd O.V.I., and
Miss Ann Copeland,
of New England,
Athens county.

Died: In Cincinnati, the 10th,
Mr. Hobart VanZandt,
aged 34, a brother of Mrs. C.B. Wells, of this
city.

Died: In Waterford, the 8th,
of typhoid fever, Newell D. Hayward,
in his 24th year. A highly
respectable young man, just beginning active life with the fine promise
of usefulness. He was
married only fifteen weeks ago. [See issue of Jun 1, 1865 for marriage
of Mr. and Mrs. Hayward.]

Died: In this city, the 11th,
at the residence of J.W. Baldwin,
his brother, Charles F. Baldwin. He
had just returned from California, with his family, and was making a
brief visit here, previous to
going West, when he was suddenly ill of congestion of the brain. His
remains were taken to
McConnelsville for burial.

Died: In Lowell, Sept. 5, John Judd,
youngest child of A. and M. Judd, aged 1 year and 10 months. [Memorial
poem follows.] This is the third child taken from this family. Their
affliction is hard to
be borne. May the gracy mercy of the great Father sustain and comfort
them. Signed: J.W.M.

Thursday, Sep 21, 1865

Marriage Licenses:

Sep
13Enos
Burton,
of Monroe county, and Sarah J. Sellers, of
Grandview.

Sep
14M.S.
Roach and
Carrie E. Arnold,
both of Waterford.

Sep
15Joseph
Steen and
Harriet Treadaway,
both of Lawrence.

Sep
16John
Newton,
of Marietta, and Helen L. Walker,
of Harmar.

Sep
18William
Welch,
of Marshall Co., West Va., and Emily Hall, of
Dunham.

Married: In Harmar, September
18, 1865, by Rev. W. Wakefield, Mr. John Newton of
this city and
Mrs. Helen L. Walker,
of Harmer.

Married: In this city, the 14th,
by President I.W. Andrews of Marietta College, Jerome A. Stebbins,
of East Cleveland, and Miss Eliza H. Skinner,
daughter of David C. Skinner, of this place.

Married: In the M.E. Church, at
Putnam, Ohio, Sunday evening, the 10th, by Rev.
J.H. Gardner, Rev.
John E. Sowers,
of Ohio M.E. Conference, now stationed at Harmar, to Miss Lucy Israel, of
Putnam.

Married: On the ___ [date
illegible], in Rome, Athens county, Wm. J. O’Neal,
of this county, to
Miss Ruth E. Root,
of the former place.

Married: September 3rd,
in Noble county, Benjamin F. Atkinson,
of this county, and Miss Lydia M.
Eagler,
of Noble Co.

Died: In Portsmouth, Sept. 24,
1865, Alleniah [check spelling] Cole, Esq.,
father of Mrs. W.B.
Thomas,
of this city, aged 66. He was one of the pioneer iron men in Scioto
county being for many
years a leading partner in Bloom Furnace, and also an owner in other
furnaces.

Died: In Centre township,
Morgan Co., Sept. 21st, Charles Glines, aged
about 2 years and on Oct.
9th, George L. Glines, in his 17th
year, sons of Joseph F. Glines and grandsons of Wm. Glines, Esq.,
of this city.

Married: In Grandview, Oct. 7,
by Russell Dorff, J.P., David Phillips, of
Pennsylvania, and Rebecca
Helmick.

Died: Near Keossuqua, Iowa,
Oct. 2, 1865, Mrs. Lucy A. Kingsbury,
wife of Cyrus Kingsbury,
Jr., and daughter of the late David Deming, of
Watertown, this county.

Died: In Philadelphia, Oct. 19,
1865, Mrs. Matilda A. Brenan,
wife of Joseph J. Brenan, of this city,
aged 30 years. Mrs. Brenan was a quiet, amiable and pleasant lady,
greatly beloved by all acquainted
with her and her death is sincerely mourned by many outside of her
family circle. Her funeral took
place from the Unitarian Church in this city, Tuesday afternoon.

Died: At her father’s
residence in Salem, Washington county, Ohio, September 22, 1865, Esther
C.
Hovey,
daughter of Harvey C. and Clara Hovey, aged 23 years. She was converted
at the age of 12
years and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which she
lived a consistent member until
the time of her death. She had been afflicted about two years with that
formidable enemy to the
human race, consumption, and during all this time she manifested a calm
and steady reliance on her
Saviour. During the latter part of her illness, the writer was
permitted to visit her a few times and
he always found her calmly waiting the coming of the messenger which
was to call her from a world
of suffering to a world of bliss. It is impossible to gaze upon one so
young and lovely in the morning
of her days, with prospects of life and all its enjoyments before her,
suddenly cut down without
feeling the truth of the expression, “Death loves a shining
mark,” but when we see that youthful
countenance radiant with heavenly light, as she gazes around upon one
and another of her friends
and with calm composure take them by the hand and bid them an
affectionate farewell, we are
constrained to say, “For her to die was gain.”
[Memorial poem and personal remarks from T.C.
Hatfield follow.]

Died: In Watertown, Monday
night, Oct. 30, 1865, Joel Adams,
brother of Dea. Dennis Adams, of
this city, aged about 65. He had been in bed, in his usual health, and
arose to wind the clock. He
lay down again and immediately became still. His daughter asked,
“Pa, are you asleep so quick?” Going to the bed at
once and touching his shoulder, he was indeed asleep, “the
sleep which knows
no waking.”

Died: In DesMoines, Iowa, Oct.
21st, of typhoid fever, John Franklin Seely, son of
Mrs. Louisiana
Seely,
of Beverly, this county, and of the late John H. Seely, of Morgan
county, aged about 26. He
was a graduate of Yale College and a young lawyer of much promise. His
remains were taken to
New Haven for burial, where he married a daughter of Professor Blake about
two years ago.

Thursday, Nov 23, 1865

Born: Nov. ___ [date not
given], a son to Frank F. and Jennie M. Watson, and
grandson to Graydon
Medlicott,
Esq., of this city - named Frank Graydon.

Born: Nov. 18, a son to Thomas
Harlow.

Married: Nov. 16th,
by Rev. J.W. McMaster, Henry Clay West and
Miss Phebe A. McKibben,
daughter of Henry, of this city. With this came six different kinds of
cake, very beautiful and of the
most superb quality, home-made, too, none of the kind that is bought.
If the happiness of the couple
equals the nicety of the cake and continues, it will be all that the
most ardent heart could desire.

Died: New Appomattox Station,
South Side Railroad, Virginia, April 8th, 1865,
George D. Pyle,
of
Company F, 2d West Virginia Cavalry, in the 20th
year of his age. He was killed instantly, on the
eve of the surrender of the rebel army. The deceased was a young man of
fine promise. [Memorial
poem follows.]

Died: Nov. 30, in this city,
Frederick Buck,
a well known citizens, in his 65th year. He was
a native
of Marietta, born Jan. 7, 1801.

Died: Nov. 1, in Marietta
township, Otis Reckard,
aged about 73. He was a well known and
estimable citizen - had resided in Marietta fifty-nine years, coming
here with his father, from
Ashfield, Mass., in 1806.

Died: In Palmer, Nov. 19, of
diphtheria, Henry G. Murdough,
son of James M. and Nancy
Murdough, in his 7th year.

Married: Dec. 7, in Warren, by
Rev. Dyar Burgess, John Kunz,
of Warren, and Miss Nancy M.
Carlin,
of Barlow. [Note that although these two brides share a first and last
name, they live in
different townships of the county.]

Married: In this city, Jan. 18,
1866, by Rev. Addison Kingsbury, D.D., of Putnam, James Addison
Kingsbury,
of Cairo, Ill, son of the officiating minister, to Miss Sarah E. Shipman,
daughter of
Samuel Shipman, of Marietta.

Married: Jan. 20, by Rev. J.W.
Fouts, Capt. George B. Bartlett,
of the late 63rd Ohio Veterans, and
Miss Vesta Wolcott,
both of Watertown.

Married: In Marietta, Jan. 23rd,
by Rev. J.W. McMaster, Rees Thomas
and Miss Ansenora D.
Babson,
both of Salem. [Note: Bride’s first name is difficult to
read.]

Died: In this city, the 19th,
of apoplexy, Mrs. Frederika Kahleyss,
aged 53.

Died: Jan. 20, at his residence
in Barlow, on consumption, Marcus Green, aged
45 years, 10
months, 17 days - leaving a wife and three children to mourn his loss.

Died: In this city, Jan. 18,
1866, Bernard Malloy,
aged 65. Mr. Malloy was born near
Londonderry, Ireland, and served his time as a linen weaver. For a year
or two, after learning his
trade, he was in manufactories at Manchester, England, then seven years
in Glasgow, Scotland. He
came to this country in 1832, and for a time was engaged as a warper in
cotton factories in New
Jersey and at Ellicot’s Mills, Maryland. He located in
Marietta nearly thirty years ago. Here he was
a laborer and soon owned his own teams. He was Street Commissioner in
Marietta for seventeen
years. By industry and prudence he acquired some property and for his
station, independence. He
was an efficient worker, an honest man, a quiet and excellent citizen
and lived and died with the
respect of all who knew him. His funeral was attended by a large number
of people last Sunday at
St. Mary’s (Catholic) Church.

Died: Jan. 20, in Watertown, of
dropsy, after an illness of two weeks, John M. Green.
[Memorial
poem follows.]

Died: Jan 2, 1866, in Great
Neaton, near Liverpool, England, aged 84 years, Catherine Orton, relict
[widow] of John Henton,
late of Oldhall street, Liverpool, England.

Died: At Mount DeChantal, near
Wheeling, on the morning of the 28th [of
January], Miss Irene
Oldham,
aged 19 years, eldest daughter of W.H. Oldham, of this city. The
deceased having been
in our midst only a few months and being of a retiring nature was known
to but few, yet to those few
she endeared herself in a special degree. Serene and even in
temperament, sensitive, refined, highly
cultivated, she reserved her sweetest attractions for her home, giving
her presence and ministry to
her afflicted brother. She had the faith and experience of a Christian
and while she waited the
visitation of the Bishop publicly to satisfy her vows, the Great Bishop
of our souls received her into
the church triumphant. Her startling summons amid youth and health
admonishes: “Be ye also
ready.”

Thursday, Feb 15, 1866

Married: On New
Year’s, at San Francisco, Henry M. Bosworth, son
of D.P., Bosworth, of this
city, and Miss Virginia Wise,
both of San Francisco.

Died: In Muskingum township,
February 15th [might be Feb 13th],
Wing Devol,
in the 92nd year of
his age. Mr Devol was born in Tiverton, Rhode Island, in 1775. He came
to Marietta when he was
but 26 years old. He worked at his trade here for a while as a tailor.
He employed Joseph Holden
to build the first hotel erected on Front street. He lived on the farm
where he died over 59 years. Truly, he inherited the blessing promised
the good - “length of days.” He was a child of that
Revolution which gave independence to our country. He had been a
witness of her rise and
progress...[The rest of this obituary is illegible from this particular
transcript.]

Died: At Racine, Meigs county,
Ohio, Feb. ___ [date illegible], Mrs. Susan Middleswart,
consort
of Tunis Middleswart, Esq., and only sister of Col. Wm. West, of this
county, in the 56th year of her
age. [This obituary is difficult to read. Please verify the information
from other sources.]

Died: Feb. 23, in Parkersburg,
Littleton G. Smith,
son of Rev. Thomas Smith, and nephew of Gov.
Wm. Smith, of Virginia, in his 35th year.

Thursday, Mar 15, 1866

Born: March 13, in this city, a
son to James Fletcher.
[See issue of Mar 22nd for death of this
infant.]

Born: In this city, March 8, a
son to Capt. W.D. DeBeck
and grandson to L. Soyez.

Died: In Fearing,, March 18th,
Thomas F. Stanley,
in the 80th year of his age. Mr. Stanley was
born
in Connecticut, Jan. 16, 1787, and came to Marietta with his parents in
1790 and during the Indian
War was in the Fort. His father settled in Fearing where the deceased
spent a long and useful life. He united with the Congregational Church
in Marietta in 1817 - almost fifty years ago.

Died: March 23, 1866, in West
Columbia, West Va., Mrs. Achsah Guthrie,
widow of the late Hon.
Erastus Guthrie, of Morgan county.

Died: In Muskingum township,,
April 2, 1866, of fever Perren H. Davis, son of
Hiram and Sarah
Davis, aged 3 years lacing 12 days. Little Perren was the only son of
his mother and she, a widow,
her husband having been called from earth just one year from the very
day on which her dear boy
was taken from her. He was a child of great promise, being possessed of
unusual sweetness of
disposition and an intelligence far beyond his years. He was the pride
and joy of his grandparents,
with whom he lived after his father’s death and who bestowed
the tenderest care upon the little
orphan. The sunshine is gone from their home forever, and the grief
stricken mother can find
comfort only in the thought that the dear Saviour, who took little
children in his arms and blessed
them, loved her darling little one and has taken him to Himself.
Signed: Nanny.

Married: On the 18th,
by F.A. Wheeler, Esq., Mr. Calvin D. Fetty and
Miss Elizabeth Yeager,
both
of West Virginia.

Died: In Fearing, May 18th,
after a short illness, Thomas O. Lankford,
aged 15 years.

Died: In Harmar, May 18th,
1866, Mrs. Betsy Putnam,
widow of the late David Putnam, Esq. She
was born in Plainfield, Connecticut, but removed, immediately after her
marriage, in September,
1796, to this State and in this community her whole subsequent life was
passed. She had lived more
than sixty years in the house in which she died. She was one of the
original members of the
Congregational Church in Harmar, at its formation, January 1st,
1840. Throughout her long life she
was honored and respected by all who knew her for her domestic virtues
and a neighborly spirit of
friendly kindness. Her love to the cause and church of Christ was
strong and enduring. She was
thoughtful in devising something to do for the prosperity of the church
of which she was a member,
as long as she lived and perpetuated her interest in it by a bequest of
one thousand Dollars in her
will. The close of her life was calm and tranquil. She desired to
depart, and was ready for the
coming of death as a friendly messenger from her Redeemer to usher her
into his joyous presence.

Thursday, May 31, 1866

Married: In Harmar, May 27th,
by Rev. W. Wakefield, John D. Muncey and
Susan Jones,
both of
Harmar.

Married: May 24, by
Rich’d Scott, J.P., John Miller and
Miss Mary E. Burford,
both of Liberty.

Married: May 22, by John Test,
J.P., Clinton Depuy
and Miss Celina Patterson,
both of Lawrence.

Died: In Watertown, April 27,
of consumption, Martha J. Proctor,
in the 24th year of her age. Hers
was a bright and happy life, crowned by a death equally beautiful.
Patiently she bore her sickness
and as she neared the valley expressed her willingness to go to her
Saviour. We loved our gentle
sister and mourn that her smiles will gladden our hearts no more. Yet
we know that our loss is her
gain.

Died: Col. William West,
born in Fairfax county, Virginia, February 26, 1796, died near
Marietta,
Ohio, May 10, 1866, aged 70 years. Col West settled on the banks of the
Ohio, in Wood county,
Virginia, in 1805, and removed to the farm where he died in Washington
county, Ohio, in April,
1828. He served in the United States Army in the war with Great
Britain, in 1813, and was in the
service at Norfolk, Virginia when peace was made. He was elected
Colonel of Virginia militia,
commissioned by the Governor and served five years. He was one of the
Commissioners of
Washington county and held other responsible positions, and always
discharged these public trusts
with fidelity and satisfaction to the people. Col. West was a true
patriot and did much to fill up the Union army during the late
rebellion, having made effective war speeches at many places. He was
a just and upright man, much esteemed by those who knew him best, and
universally respected by
the community in which he lived. He was a devoted member of the Masonic
fraternity, and was
buried with the beautiful rites of the order, by American Union Lodge
No. 1, to which he belonged. His views of the future may be learned
from the following, which he wrote a few weeks before his
death, with a request that it be inscribed on his tombstone:
“The idea
of inspiration, revelation and
special providences are all fallacious. The laws of nature are wise,
just, impartial, beautiful,
unchangeable, eternal and immutable. Matter changes its form, but
cannot perish or become non-existent. These are my words - so may it
be.” His death is lamented by the entire community, as
well as by the Lodge, and his family, by whom he was so much beloved.
Peace to his ____ [illegible
word].

Thursday, Jun 7, 1866

Born: In this city, May 30,
1866, a daughter to M.H. Needham.

Born: In Watertown, June 2nd,
twins, a son and a daughter, to David Hoffman.
Parents both doing
well.

Died: In Chicago, Illinois,
June 1st, at the residence of Major Shelton Sturges, Mrs.
Frances Eudora
Nye,
aged 35 years. Mrs. Nye was born at Key West, Florida, May 6th,
1831. She came to Marietta
about 18 years ago and was a pupil in the school of Rev. Mr. Tolford.
In 1851, she married William
S. Nye, Esq., who died nearly four years ago, deeply mourned by a large
circle of friends and
possessed of the esteem of all who knew him. At school and in the wider
circle of friends which she
entered after her marriage, she won the love of all and retained it
with increasing affection till the
last. She was a woman of fine intellect and unusual culture, gentle,
unassuming, energetic and yet
so delicate that no one felt that a rough breath should be permitted to
blow upon her. From the shock
occasioned by her husband’s death, she never recovered and
from his loss she may be said perhaps
to have pined herself away, into the grave. Her funeral was attended by
a large circle of friends at
St. Luke’s Church, in this city, last Sunday afternoon and
she was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery,
beside the remains of her husband, which had been removed from the
Mound Cemetery on the day
before her death. A handsome marble _____ [illegible], an obelisk,
marks their resting place.
[Memorial poem follows.]

Thursday, Jun 14, 1866

Married: In Watertown, June 6th,
by E. Bingham, J.P., Henry C. Ferguson and
Miss Eunice Ross,
all of Watertown.

Married: In Ironton, June 7th,
by Rev. J.H. Young, Thomas M. Sechler, of
Cincinnati, of the Class
of 1863, Marietta, to Miss Juliet A. McCullough,
of Ironton.

Married: At Lowell, on Jun 7th,
by Charles A. Boyd, J.P., Emery Morris and
Miss Sarah Coffee,
all of Adams.

Died: On the 24th
day of May 1866, at New Castle, Morgan county, Ohio, Dr. M.L. St.John, of
consumption, in his 35th year. The deceased, a
son of Russel St.John, was born July 15, 1831, in
Aurelius township, Washington county, Ohio. He possessed not more than
the ordinary means of
education except what he acquired by his own unaided exertions. In the
spring of 1850, he entered
the Western Liberal Institute, at Marietta, where he attended that and
three or four subsequent terms. At about this time, he commenced the
study of medicine under Dr. F. Regnier, of Harmar, which he
continued at intervals until 1854, when - on becoming a member of the
Presbyterian Church - he
turned his attention from the study of medicine to that of theology. He
attended two terms at Lane
Seminary, the term beginning in the autumn of 1856 and again in 1857.
He was married, June 1858,
to Miss Sarah A. Gatwood,
of Aurelius. In the spring of 1859, he attended medical lectures at
Cincinnati under the auspices of the American Board of Foreign
Missions, his purpose being at that
time to go as a missionary to a foreign country, that a part of his
duties at the mission might be in
giving medical assistance when required. In September, 1859, he, with
his wife, embarked at New
York for the Gabon Mission, West Africa, where after a voyage of four
months, they arrived in
safety. After remaining at the mission about one year, his health
having become much impaired, and
there being at the mission a larger number of persons than was
required, he returned to this country,
expecting an appointment to South Africa, where he hoped to enjoy
better health. But, on his arrival
just at the opening of the war, the Board decided in consequence of the
disturbed condition of the
country not to send any missionaries at that time, and advised him to
engage temporarily in some
other vocation. He entered into the practice of medicine, in which
profession he continued until the
time of his death. He took a deep interest in religious matters,
frequently filling the pulpit of the
denomination to which he belonged and occasionally that of other
denominations. He lived an
upright Christian life and died lamented by a large circle of friends
and acquaintances.

Thursday, Jun 21, 1866

Married: In this city, at St.
Luke’s Church, on the evening of the 20th,
by Rev. John Boyd, D.P.
Bosworth,
Jr., and Miss Clara VanZandt,
all of Marietta. [Poem follows.]

Married: June 20, at the
residence of the bride’s father, in Marietta, by Rev. W.H.
Ballantine, Maj.
E.C. Dawes and
Miss Fannie Bosworth,
daughter of ____ [illegible] Bosworth, Esq.

Married: At the National House,
Marietta, by Rev. W.M. Mullenix, A.S. Doan, of
Salem, to Miss
Martha H. Rightmire,
of Newport.

Married: On June 14th,
by J.M. Truesdell, J.P., Samuel C. Null, late of
the 63rd O.V.V.I., and Mrs
Sarah Perrie,
all of Waterford township.

Married: At the residence of
the bride’s father, by Rev. J.W. McMaster, Mr. W.R. Baker, of
Athens
county, formerly of Co. D, 75th Regiment, O.V.,
and Miss L.R. Cole,
of Newbury, Washington
county, Ohio.

Married: In Dayton, June 21, by
Rev. W. Herr, assisted by Rev. Dr. Marlay, David W. Engle and
Miss Mary W. Herr,
daughter of the first officiating clergyman, and granddaughter of the
late Capt.
James Whitney,
of Harmar, all of Dayton.

Died: In this city, July 2, at
the residence of John Hall, Mrs. Betty Washington Lovell, in
her 70th
year, formerly of Charleston, Kanawha, Virginia - granddaughter of Mrs.
Betty (Washington)
Lewis,
sister of General Washington. Funeral at St. Luke’s Church, 5
P.M., July 4. [Note: Betty
Lewis was the sister of President George Washington; she had three
other brothers, Samuel, John
& Charles and two half-brothers, Lawrence & Augustine.
Betty Washington married American Rev.
Gen. Fielding Lewis after death of his first wife, Mildred.]

Died: In Toledo, June 24, of
neuralgia, at the residence of her son-in-law, Rev. S.G. Dawson, Mrs.
Maria Barker,
widow of the late Luther D. Barker, of McConnelsville, where her
remains were
buried on the 26th, in her 67th
year.

Died: In this city, June 29,
Mrs. Jane Green,
wife of the late Samuel Green, aged 75. [Check date.]

Died: June 13, 1866, Mrs. Mary
E. Bosworth,
consort of Wm. A. Bosworth, of Newport, in the
fiftieth year of her age. She was born near Wheeling, Va., March 1,
1817. Her maiden name was
Edgell. In 1862 [date is difficult to read], she became hopefully a
subject of regenerating grace and
joined the M.E. Church. Till her death, she continued a consistent,
decided, active member. The
influence of religion was manifest to all her character and conduct.
She sustained, with an amiable
Christian spirit, all her relations in life. As a daughter, a wife, a
mother, she exemplified the
affections of a kindly nature chastened and refined by the religion
which she professed. As a friend,
she was ardent and sincere, interesting herself with a heart of
sympathy, and a ready word of
encouragement and comfort, in whatever concerned her friends. Her quiet
Christian influence and
example was seen and felt through the community in which she lived; and
she will be greatly missed
in every relation she sustained. She suffered much during her last
illness, yet retained her reason,
had no fear of death, and expressed her readiness to depart and a full
assurance of being soon with
the Saviour she loved. When asked, just before she expired if she had
any doubts, she replied, “Not
a doubt,” and thus she passed away in full confidence of a
blessed immortality.

Thursday, Jul 19, 1866

Born: In Lower Newport, July 15th,
a son to Joseph Barker.

Married: July 12, by M. Watson,
J.P., S.H. Rodgers
and Miss Joanna Collins,
both of Dunham.

Married: July 11, by Rev. Wm.
Fromm, Wilhelm Loff
and Miss Ernestine Lisne, both
of Marietta.

Married: July 12, by John Test,
J.P., Samuel Alexander
and Mrs. Martha Strickle,
both of
Lawrence.

Married: July 4, by Rev. J.W.
McMaster, George Magee
and Miss Angeline Jane Hoff, both of
Marietta.

Married: July 12, Hon. John F. Follett, of
Newark, a graduate of Marietta College, Class of 1865,
and Miss Frances Dawson,
of Columbus.

Died: At the residence of
Alfred Marshall, in Muskingum township, July 14, 1866, Charles R. Stow,
son of James S. and Elva Stow, of Rainbow, aged 22 years and 2 months.
At the commencement
of the late war, though but seventeen years of age, he was filled with
a desire to be a soldier. In
February, 1862, he lft home and traveled to Cross Lanes, West Va.,
where Company A of the 36th
O.V.I. was then stationed, and in which he had two brothers, where he
enlisted on the 17th of that
month. Having served faithfully with his company until the campaign of
Rosecrans to Chattanooga,
he, by his conduct at the Battle of Chickamauga and Brown’s
Ferry, Tenn., attracted the attention
of Brig. Gen. Torchin, who detailed him as Orderly on his staff, a
position requiring intelligence,
promptness and courage. He filled his new position with honor to
himself an to the full satisfaction
of the General, until about the 1st of May,
1864, distinguishing himself by his bravery at Mission
Ridge, and more especially at Rocky Face Mountain, for which he was
strongly recommended to
Gov. Brough for a commission as Second Lieutenant, by Generals Thomas,
Palmer, Baird and
Torchin, and was only prevented from receiving the commission by an
order of the Governor
requiring all promotions to be made by seniority, an order which might
have been very properly
violated in this instance. Corporal Stow was relieved from duty on
Torchin’s staff and reported to
his company in West Va. He was soon again in the saddle, having been
detailed by Col. R.N. Hayes
as his Orderly, with whom he served until his discharge, February 24,
1865. His last illness was very
brief, having taken sick at Marietta on the evening of July 3rd.
Continuing to grow worse until the
afternoon of the 4th, he was removed to the
residence of Mr. Alfred Marshall, his brother-in-law, not
being well enough to be taken to his father’s near Lowell. He
sank rapidly until the 14th, when, at
half-past one o’clock A.M., he died, surrounded by his
grief-stricken family. He retained full
possession of his mind to the last, bade an affectionate adieu to his
family, and departed to that
course from which no traveler returns. The funeral services were held
at the residence of his father,
at 10 A.M., on the 15th, Rev. F. Cook, of
Marietta, officiating in a religious capacity, choosing for
his text II Samuel, 14:14. A large number of his old comrades of the 36th
were present, testifying to
their respect for the dead by the military badge of mourning on the
left arm. Thus died a youth
respected and beloved by all, one whose place can never be filled.

Thursday, Jul 26, 1866

Born: In this city, July 20,
1866, a son to George L. and Mrs. E.M. Camp.

Died: In Watertown, July 11,
Dr. B. Curtis,
aged 91 years. For forty years he resided in Watertown,
a quiet, good citizen, and at the time of his decease was the oldest
man in Watertown. He came from
the State of New York. (This should have appeared last week but it was
overlooked. Editor.)

Thursday, Aug 2, 1866

Born: In this city, July 30,
1866, a son to D.G. Mathews.

Married: In Waterford, July 24,
1866, by Rev. Thomas Thomas, William H. Bishop and
Miss
Margaret Sallyards,
both of Waterford.

Died: In this city, Saturday
morning, Aug. 4, 1866, of dysentery, Grace Follett,
daughter of M.D.
and Harriet Follett, and grandchild of Samuel Shipmen, aged
two years and two days. [Memorial
poem follows.]

Died: In this city, Aug. 7th,
Rev. Roswell Tenney,
in his 70th year. Mr. Tenney was born in
Hanover,
N.H., Nov. 6, 1796. He graduated at Dartmouth College, in 1822;p
entered the ministry about 1828;
removed to Ohio in 1832; labored as a minister of the Gospel till 1856,
when his health compelled
him to relinquish the ministry. He had been a citizen of Marietta ten
years.

Died: In Marietta township,
Aug. 6, William Fay,
aged 81. Mr. Fay came to Marietta from
Westboro, Mass., in November, 1835, nearly thirty-one years ago. He was
a very worthy citizen,
highly respected, a consistent Christian, and had been a member of the
church for sixty-five years. He lived to see his children settled in
useful lives, and departed in peace. His remains were followed
to the grave by an unusually large number of friends.

Died: At Charleston, Kanawha,
West Va., July 26, Miss Ceres Brown, a lady
who received her
education at Marietta, in her 46th year.

Died: In Harmar, July 31, of
diptheria, John R. Richards,
infant son of W.A. and RE. Richards,
aged one year and four months.

Died: In this city, August ___
[date illegible], of consumption, Miss Mary Wells.

Died: At his residence in
Belpre, Washington County, Ohio, Tuesday evening, July 2nd,
1866, Mr.
Rufus William Howe.
Mr. H. was born in Belpre, June 17, 1807, and was consequently about
fifty-nine. His mother was a daughter of Gen. Rufus Putnam, who led the
company that settled at
Marietta in 1732. His father, Deacon Perley Howe, was among the pioneer
settlers of Belpre. The
deceased, therefore, was one of the few who remain of the earlier
citizens of the place. He was also
the last survivor of a family of seven. He was long a member of the
Congregational church. As a
chorister, as an organizer, and a superintendent of Sabbath school, as
a faithful attendant at prayer
meetings, beside the more ordinary religious services, he appeared
truly zealous in the name of
Christ. But the progress of a painful affliction which gradually
impaired his general health seems
at length to have interfered with his active discharge of Christian
duty. On the 17th of July, he
experienced a severe chill. Shortly after, his illness assume an
alarming character; and during the
brief interval that remained till his death, he sank with fearful
rapidity. As a judicious arrangement
of his affairs had given him promise of an unusually tranquil and happy
old age, it might have been
feared a promise so cheering would scarcely be relinquished even by a
Christian without deep regret. But when asked in view of his
approaching desolation, if he was happy, [he said] “happy,
yes very
happy.” If thus happy while passing, racked with pain,
through the dark valley of the shadow of
death, while as yet he could not have forgotten the blessings of this
life, nor adequately have foreseen
the blessedness to come, how ___ [illegible] must be his joys, how
glorious his triumphs now! [See
issue of Aug. 16th for death of Mrs. Howe.]

Died: Aug. 9, 1866, at her
residence, in Belpre, Mrs. Mary P. Howe, widow
of the late R.W. Howe,
in her 60th year. The deceased united with the
Presbyterian church at Watertown in her sixteenth
year. Thus for nearly fifty-four years she was an humble devoted
follower of Jesus. Her religion was
an influential principle permeating thought and word and deed. Those
best acquainted had the
strongest confidence in her piety. Though in a degree disqualified by a
feeble constitution for the
active duties of the Christian life, yet there was no lack of feeling
or firmness as an advocate of
religion. Her Christian simplicity and unaffected kindness secured the
friendship of all who knew
her. Those only who have long enjoyed her acquaintance can realize how
deeply her departure will
be felt. She will be missed at that home made desolate by the almost
simultaneous death of two dear
parents, and by that friendly group of which she has so long been a
member and by a large circle of
friends. But side by side in that beautiful burial place in Belpre,
they who were but a few days since
engaged in the active duties of life now repose. Many believers sleep
there. “Sweet be their rest till
He bid them arise, And hail him in triumph descending the
skies.”

Died: In McConnelsville, Aug.
22, 1866, of chronic diarrhoea contracted in the U.S. service,
Augustus McCarty.

Died: In Memphis, August 21, of
fever, Charles Pixley,
in his 22nd year. In Cincinnati, Aug. 24, of
cholera, Austin Pixley, in his 28th year. These
were sons of Mrs. Fidelia Pixley. Charles had been
at Memphis about five months, was sick and telegraphed to Austin, who
left here on the 16th, went
to Memphis, stayed with Charles till he died and was buried. Returning,
he arrived at Cincinnati
sick, and died there within a few hours. His funeral was attended in
Marietta, Saturday _______ and
was attended by a large concourse of friends... [illegible].

Died: In this city, Sept. 4th,
of heart disease, Bethemus [sp?] Cade, son of
___ and the late John
Cade, aged 26 years and 1 month.

Died: At Vincent, Ohio, August
27th, 1866, Mrs. Eliza Amlin, aged
63 years. Mrs. Amlin’s sickness
was of short duration, but attended with intense suffering at times.
During all her suffering, no word
of complaint was uttered, but she expressed herself as willing to
suffer and to depart if God saw fit
to call her home. At the age of 23 years she made a profession of
religion and has ever manifested
an interest in matters pertaining to the welfare of the cause of her
Master. Always when
circumstances would permit, she was at her post in the Sabbath School.
There she delighted to be. For a few months previous to her death, she
taught regularly a class of small boys to whom she
became very much attached and she often during her sickness spoke of
them and the school with
which they were connected. During Saturday and Sunday, her mind
wandered considerably and she
imagined herself preparing for school. And once when she thought her
class before her, was
admonishing them to be good boys and love that Saviour who had taken
little children in his arms
and blessed them, saying “Suffer little children to come unto
me and forbid them not for of such is
the Kingdom of Heaven.” Her heart was full of sympathy for
the distressed and bereaved. Her faith
in Christ remained unshaken to the last. She was repeatedly heard to
say, I know whom I have
believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have
committed unto him against that
day.” [Bible reading follows.] Once when just aroused from
slumber, she was heard faintly saying,
“On Jordan’s banks.” One standing by
said, “You will very soon cross the stream, Christ is waiting
to convey you over, He will convey you safely.” She replied,
“Yes, very soon, He will convey me
safely, I know he will for he said he would.” On Sabbath
evening, she was in her right mind and
though very weak, attempted to sing [a hymn.] [Biblical reading
follows.] She was an affectionate
and kind mother, ever solicitous for the welfare and comfort of her
children. As we stood with her
by the river of death, we felt that there was a “bow in the
cloud of grief.” Our loss is her gain. She
hath done what she could and now doth rest from her labors in peace.

Died: Oct. 8, 1866, Mrs. ____
[might be Sarah] Kidwell,
aged 83 years. Mrs. Kidwell had been
residing near Coal Run, but according to her request, had _______
conveyed to the residence of Maj.
L.J.P. Putnam,
in Muskingum township, where her burial was attended on the 9th,
by many friends
and ____ and a sermon was preached by Rev. J.W. McMaster. She was a
woman not only venerable
for her great age and grey hairs, but for her real goodness and
Christian character. She had been for
many years a member of the Methodist church __________ [remaining text
illegible].

Died: In Palmer, Nov. 10th,
of consumption, H.R. Brown,
in his 40th year. Mr. Brown was a son of
Benjamin M. Brown, formerly Sheriff of this county. He attended the
school of Theodore Scott, of
Marietta, where he received most of his education. He began teaching in
the winter of 1846-47 and ever after ___ a winter term, until a year
ago. Also he taught one or two select schools. Since
December, 1865, he was confined to his bed most of the time. He leaves
a wife - the daughter of
John Breckenridge - and one son. His loss is deeply felt by all who
knew him.

Died: [mostly illegible] At
Fort Weiner, Oregon, Nov. 1, _______, only son of Capt. James and ____
Henton,
aged one year and five months.

Died: [mostly illegible] At
Rome, ____, on the 3rd of Oct., ______ Alexander....His
name is
familiar to citizens of this county...He leaves a wife and two children
still residing in this place, who
through all their troubles and afflictions have the sympathy of this
entire community. His parents,
now residing in Washington county, Ohio, where the subject of this
notice was born, will hear of
their son’s untimely death by this day’s mail.
May....sustain that aged mother, in this her sore
affliction. (Sigourney, Iowa News)

Thursday, Dec 27, 1866

Married: In Barlow, on the 25th
[check date], by Rev. D.C. Perry, Isaiah F. Palmer and
Miss Adaline
Pugh,
all of Barlow.

Died: Note - There is an
obituary, almost entirely illegible, for a gentleman, possibly with the
surname Hill,
who died in November at the age of 79, was originally from Vermont,
removed to
Marietta with his parents and then to Lower Salem at a time when it was
“almost unbroken
wilderness.” He was baptized on Oct 19, 1822, into the
Marietta Baptist Church. These are the only
facts which can be identified in this particular microfilm.

Thursday, Jan 1, 1867

Married: At Mt. Washington,
Ohio, Dec 12th, by Rev. J.W. Fowler, Thos. Murdock, of
Kansas, and
Miss ______ Crawford,
daughter of the late Rev. John Crawford, of Harmar.

Died: In Putnam, Dec. 30th,
at the residence of S. Baird,
her son-in-law, Mrs. Mary Steece,
relict
of the late George Steece, Mt. Vernon _____, Lawrence county, and
mother of Mrs. J.D. Cotton,
of this city, in her 66th year [check age].

Died: In Salem, Jan. 3, 1867,
Lot H. Kelly,
son of Wm. and Charlotte Kelly, aged about 23 years.

Died: At Vincent, Dec. 29th,
Mrs. Lucy Moore,
relict of the late Capt. Jos. B. Moore and daughter
of Rufus and Rhoda Parsons,
in her 29th year. [See also below for death of
Rufus Parsons.]

Died: At Vincent, Jan. 5th,
of heart disease, Rufus Parsons,
a native of Northampton,
Massachusetts, and a resident of Barlow for about thirty-five years, in
his 73rd year.

Died: In San Francisco, Dec. 4th,
Elvira C., daughter of I.W.W. and ____ Brown, and
granddaughter
of J.W.L. Brown, of Marietta, aged 2 years and 9 months.

Died: In this city, Jan. 4th,
Sidney Fuller,
son of Sidney B. and Mary Alice Fuller, aged 14 years,
7 months and 7 days. Sidney was a good, kind-hearted and affectionate
boy. Early in life he began
to pray and love Jesus. It is said that he never retired to his bed at
night without first committing
himself to the care of Providence. He was a regular attendant at
Sabbath School and church. During
his illness, which lasted but a few days, he prayed much; he expressed
no ____ a willingness to die,
and said he was going to Heaven. He then called his Father, Mother,
Brother and Sisters to his
bedside, clasping each one in his arms, and _______ love’s
sign on each lip, he bade them farwell
until they should meet in Heaven. [Remaining paragraph is
illegible.][Memorial poem follows.]
Signed: Rev. J.M. Poulton.

Died: At Eastman’s
National Business College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Dec. 23rd,
Isaac Edgar Vickers,
son of Amos H. Vickers, of Big Run, in his 19th
year. [Followed by Memorial Resolution from the
Commercial Council.]

Thursday, Jan 31, 1867

Born: In Belpre, Jan. 24, 1867,
a son to Capt. Bradley B. Stone,
formerly of the 92nd Ohio.

Married: On the 7th
day of February, 1867, by John Test, J.P., William P. Mitchell, of
Wirt Co.,
W. Va., and Louisa Garrison,
of Marietta.

Married: On the 1st
day of January, by Rev. J.T. Miller, Adam Gassleim, of
Philadelphia, Pa., and
Miss Adda Riley,
of this city. [Also Feb 21, 1867. Groom’s surname is spelled
“Gasslein”
and
bride’s name is spelled “Addie.”]

Died: In Coolsville, February 7th,
Miss Flavia M. Bartlett,
daughter of Rev. Francis Bartlett, happy
in the ________ that she would be forever with the Lord.

Married: In this city, March 8th,
by Rev. John Boyd, John B. Triplett
and Miss Susan V. Cox, both
of West Va.

Married: In this city, March 6th,
by John Test, J.P., John W. Jenkins
and Mrs. Deborah Jaynes, both
of Wood Co., West Va.

Married: In Newport, Feb. 14th,
by Samuel Amlin, J.P., John B. Oldfield and
Miss Ellen Jane
Smith,
all of Newport.

Died: In this township, March
7, 1867, Mrs. Betsey Jennings,
wife of Capt. Zebulon Jennings, in
her 77th year. Mrs. Jennings was born in Campus
Martius, Marietta, June 9, 1790, and was one of
the oldest surviving natives of Ohio. She was the daughter of Richard Maxon and
was married to
Mr. Jennings Nov. 21, 1816, their golden wedding occurring last
November. Her aged partner, who
is left, has the heartfelt sympathies of many friends.

Died: In Gallipolis, March 2nd,
Gen. George House,
for fifty-three years a prominent citizen of
Gallia County, in his 87th year.

Thursday, Mar 21, 1867

Born:Feb.
1A
son to S.A. Cooper.

Feb.
4A
son to Ernst Roper

Feb.
4A
son to Wm. Snider
(Harmar)

Feb.
9A
son to Albert Arnold.

Feb.
9A
son to Henry Wendelkin

Feb.
10A
daughter to Capt. H.F. Middleswart

Feb.
10A
son to Geo. Roberts

Feb.
13A
son to F.C. Cromm

Feb.
15A
son to John Cripps

Feb.
17A
son to Jacob Bauer

Feb.
22A
daughter to Wm. Armstrong

Mar.
5A
daughter to Amos Wilson

Mar.
10A
son to John Griffeth

Mar.
10A
daughter to Thos. Wiseman

Married: In this city, Mar. 14th,
by Rev. W.M. Mullenix, Robert Bruce and
Miss Cornelia F.
Hamilton,
daughter of Dr. Hamilton, all of Marietta.

Died: In this city, Mar. 21st,
Emma, daughter of Hamilton and Emma Boomer, aged
1 year and 4
months.

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